Researchers may be able to rewrite the history of the pre-Incan Wari civilization thanks to the discovery of 29 people’s remains in northern Peru, including three children, the team’s principal researcher said on Friday.
More than 1,000 years ago, the skeletons were interred at Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucala, a long-gone ceremonial site located 750 kilometers north of Lima in the coastal province of Lambayeque.
According to Edgar Bracamonte, the primary researcher, the interment of the three youngsters and a teenager at the front of the temple suggested they were Wari culture human sacrifices.
According to Bracamonte, this is the first time a discovery connected to the Wari culture has been made so far from their sphere of influence.
According to Bracamonte, “These findings allow us to reassess the history of the Lambayeque region, particularly the connections to Wari and Mochica occupations in the region.”
From the seventh until the thirteenth century, the Wari culture was thriving in the central Peruvian Andes.
Between 800 and 900 AD, the Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucala enclosure, which resembles the letter “D,” was constructed.
“We found a ceremonial temple with 29 human remains, 25 belonging to the Mohica era and four to the Wari culture,” said Bracamonte.
The Mochica, or Moche, culture developed from 100 to 700 AD on the northern Peruvian coast.
The 25 Mochica remains were found in clay tombs and burial chambers in a temple. Researchers also found pieces of pottery and the remains of camelids—such as llamas and alpacas—and guinea pigs.
One of the most significant discoveries related to the Mochica culture was in 2006 with the unearthing of the fifth century Lady of Cao mummy, that showed the civilization included female leaders.
The 1987 discovery of another mummy, the third century Lord of Sipan, is considered by experts one of the most significant archeological discoveries in the last few decades, as the main tomb was found intact and untouched by thieves.
Discovery of ancient Peruvian burial tombs sheds new light on Wari culture
Source: phys.org
