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Lost city of HuayuriCiudad Perdida de Huayuri is a 20-ha Late Intermediate Period habitation site located in the South Coast of Peru.(click Chronological table for archaeological cultures, South Coast of Peru , click here to get a free copy of Acrobat Reader).
It is located in a ravine that runs perpendicular to the valley floor of the Santa Cruz river (in this photograph, behind), the northern most river of the seven that comprises the Rio Grande de Nasca drainage. GoalsThe goal of the project is to define the domestic organization at Huayuri, a highly agglutinated Late Intermediate Period site. Comparatevely speaking there are few archaeological projects that have addressed this question in the Rio Grande de Nasca drainage. Some researchers have addressed similar questions to previous archaeological cultures (0 al 650 D.C.), such as K. Vaughn. Click here to access his web page . Surface architecture reveals a general pattern at the site where groups of structures are attached to medium-size patios. Circulation paths divides the site in zones. The main research goal during our last season was to determine the basic size of domestic units, a question that was addressed by horizontally excavating more than 15 rooms and one large patio. Our last excavation uncovered several occupational phases at the site (2 mtrs depth)containing activity areas such as kitchens, sleeping and working areas, and recovered large quantities of spindle whorls, ceramic needles, brushes, cooking pots, llama coprolites and bones, fragments of plain textiles, and several domestic middens with large quantities of botanical and other organic remains. Get Involved and join us! |
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