January
09
/ 2014
Archaeologists have discovered human remains buried inside the walls of a pre-Inca archaeological site, challenging the belief that the site was an administrative centre for the Wari culture. The Wari are not known for burying their dead in the walls of buildings, but this practice was in fact typical of the Huamachuco culture. The discovery was made at the Wiracochapampa archaeological site, which is located 3,000 metres above sea level in the highlands of the northern La Libertad region of Peru. It was believed to have been built by the Wari people, a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru, from about 500 to 1000 AD. This was based on the pottery
