REREADING PRIMARY SOURCE FOR DOCUMENTATION OF GEOGLYPHS IN THE LOWER CHILLON RIVER VALLEY, CENTRAL COAST OF PERU

Recent investigations show the presence of geoglyphs in pampas and canyons around the down basins of the central coast valleys of Peru. The purpose of the present work is to evaluate the collected information and to give some additional details about three archaeological places in the left margin of...

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Autor: Carranza Orbegoso, Jorge
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Perú
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/12298
Acesso em linha:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/Arqueo/article/view/12298
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Perú
Costa central
valle del río Chillón
Arte rupestre
geoglifos
Collique
Comas
Canto Grande.
Peru
Central coast
Chillon river valley
Rock art
geoglyphs
Descrição
Resumo:Recent investigations show the presence of geoglyphs in pampas and canyons around the down basins of the central coast valleys of Peru. The purpose of the present work is to evaluate the collected information and to give some additional details about three archaeological places in the left margin of the valley of Chillon river. These places don’t exist any more, because the urban development, and they were found thanks to old aerial photos and historical cartographie of the zone. The geoglyphs are described in relation to the archaeological places and routes connecting the down valley of the Chillon river and the Canto Grande Pampa, where one of the biggest rock art centers can be found.