10,000 cave paintings, pre-Incan cemetery and citadel found in Peru’s Amazon jungle

Astigan ^ | 24 Mar 2009 | Astigan

[Fred Nerks]

Mineral pigments (ochre, charcoal, iron oxide, hematite, manganese) were ground into animal fat and applied with brushes or were blown through hollow sticks. The artists, working in confined, possibly dangerous space, under unsteady or flickering light from a torch or oil lamp, incorporated distortions and shadows in the design, along with soot...

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[Fred Nerks]

Ancient city of the ‘Cloud People’ discovered in Peru

Thursday December 04 2008

Archaeologists have uncovered a lost city that was carved into the Andes by the mysterious “Cloud Forest People”.

The settlement covers 12 acres and is perched on the side of a remote mountain in the northern jungles of Peru’s Amazon. The citadel on the Pachallama peak is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old, but is in good condition. The settlement comprises the round stone houses built by the Chachapoya, or the “Cloud Forest People”.

The area is overgrown by the jungle, and the remote nature of the site appears to have protected it from looters — archaeologists have found ceramics and undisturbed burial sites.

Archaeologist Benedicto Perez Goicochea said: “The citadel is perched on the edge of an abyss. We suspect that the ancient inhabitants used this as a lookout point from where they could spot potential enemies.”

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/ancient-city-of-the-cloud-people-discovered-in-peru-1563003.html

[Fred Nerks]

The Toquepala caves are located in the western Andes, at an altitude of 2,700 meters above sea level. They are noted for cave paintings depicting scenes of hunters corralling and killing a group of guanacos, a camelid animal native to South America. Known as “chaco” in the Peruvian Andes, this hunting technique consists of forming human circles, to corral the animals and either capture or kill them.

PERUVIAN TIMES ARTICLE

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