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- Ancient Peru - The art, history, culture, and archeology of ancient Peru. Under development. Colorful interface.
www.ancientmexico.com/peru/peru.html
- Archaeology Research in Peru - Picture gallery of archaeological ceramics. Selections from archaeological research papers by Bruce Owen, Ph.D. Anthropology, UCLA. Full browse able text, abstracts, references, and selected graphics presented at academic conferences.
members.aol.com/OwenBruce/index.htm
- Beringa 2001 Bioarchaeology Project - An archaeology excavation aimed at recovering human skeletal remains and the associated cultural material so we may better understand the health status and lifeways of this valley's past inhabitants.
www.geocities.com/crowley58/index.html
- Center for Archaeological Research in Arequipa (CIARQ) - Information on the archaeology of Arequipa, Peru and the activities of CIARQ.
www.angelfire.com/pe/CIARQ/engindex.html
- Centro Mallqui - Centro Mallqui is an institution dedicated to archaeological and anthropological research of Peruvian ancient cultures. Includes images. (Spanish and English)
www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4932
- Chachapoya - Warriors of the Clouds - Pictures, text excerpts, and advertisement by Keith Muscutt, author of a book on the ancient Chachapoya of Peru.
chachapoyas.com
- Colca Valley Regional Survey - This site describes the in-progress activities and preliminary findings of a systematic archaeological survey of the central portion of the Colca Valley and surrounding uplands of southern Peru
www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/1711/index.html
- Early Ceramic Periods of Moquegua - Paper by Matthew S. Bandy which reevaluates existing models of the early ceramic periods of Moquegua.
inti.devnull.net/SAAPaper.html
- Early Ceramic Settlement in the Coastal Osmore Valley: Preliminary Report - Paper by Bruce Owen which reports on systematic site survey in two early ceramic domestic and mortuary sites to clarify patterns of subsistence, settlement, mortuary practices, regional cultural affiliations, and chronology in the coastal Osmore valley.
members.aol.com/OwenBruce/ias93_1.htm
- First City in the New World? - From Smithsonian Magazine, Peru's Caral suggests civilization emerged in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed.
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/aug02/caral.html
- Huacas del Sol y la Luna, Moche Culture - Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.
www.huacas.com
- Ice Treasures of the Inca - National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/index.html
- Inca Trail and Machu Picchu - A virtual tour of the Inca Trail, complete with photographs and an interactive map.
www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail.html
- Inside the Royal Tombs of the Moche - Moche ruins are located in river valleys of Northern Peru. These centers flourished until c.1000 C.E., when the Moche abruptly vanished.
www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/anthro/asb222/articles/article8.html
- Mummy Trove Found in Peru - From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1936000/1936023.stm
- NOVA : Ice Mummies of the Inca - NOVA Online presents an expedition to Peru in search of Incan mummies on Mt. Sara Sara.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru
- Save Ollanta - The famous Inca settlement of Ollantaytambo, Peru, is in imminent danger from a new highway project that would destroy Inca agricultural terraces.
www.cuscoperu.com/save_ollanta
- Treasures of the Moche - Grave robbers, a copper scepter, and a gold bead in the shape of a human head with lapis lazuli eyes are clues that led to the discovery of the royal tombs at Sipán, near Chiclayo, on the coast of northern Peru. The artifacts are some of the most spectacular pieces of pre-Columbian gold and silver ever found.
www.hisp.com/jun95/moche.html
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