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The Ruins on the Inca Trail

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/inca/ruins1.html

Brief notes on the main archaeological sites: Llaqtapata, Runkuraqay, Sayaqmarka, Inca Tunnel, Phuyupatamarka, Intipata, Wiawayna, Intipunku, Machu Picchu. With photographs.

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The Lord of Sipan

http://www.peruvianenvirons.com/en/Sipan.aspx

Describes archaeological and cultural research at Chiclayo in the region of Lambayeque.

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Save Ollanta

http://www.cuscoperu.com/save_ollanta/

The famous Inca settlement of Ollantaytambo, Peru, is in imminent danger from a new highway project that would destroy Inca agricultural terraces.

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Pukara Domestic Architecture Research Project

http://pukara.org/

Describes the archaeological research led by Elizabeth Klarich at the highland Peruvian center of Pukara.

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Projet Ychsma - Ychsma Project

http://www.ulb.ac.be/philo/ychsma/

This site describes the ongoing Ychsma Project, led by Peter Eeckhout, which has carried out archaeological field research at the site of Pachacamac, Peru.

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Paloma World

http://coas.missouri.edu/paloma/INDEX.HTML

An interactive tour of the Paloma site in western Peru, including a virtual dig and excavation databases.

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Pachacamac Archaeological Project

http://www.pachacamac.net/

This site describes the ongoing archaeological research project at the site of Pachacamac, the precolumbian religious center, led by Izumi Shimada, Rafael Segura and Maria Rostworowski

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NOVA : Ice Mummies of the Inca

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/

NOVA Online presents an expedition to Peru in search of Incan mummies on Mt. Sara Sara.

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Mummy Trove Found in Peru

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1936023.stm

From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.

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Mass Human Sacrifice Unearthed in Peru

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2885

From the New Scientist, ancient sacrificed remains of 200 fishermen have been excavated from a beach in Peru.

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Jewelry Repatriated

http://www.archaeology.org/9609/newsbriefs/sipan.html

Precolumbian gold and turquoise jewelry once for sale at Sotheby's has been returned to Peru.

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Inca's stone fitting

http://indra.com/~davide/IncaWalls/Index.html

A theory on how the Incas could have efficiently cut a stone (still on the ground) to fit perfectlty in a hole in a wall under construction

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Inca Wall Falls for 'Archaeologist' Hotel

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s946275.htm

ABC News includes a brief article about destruction of an ancient wall in Cusco.

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Inca Trail and Machu Picchu

http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail.html

A virtual tour of the Inca Trail, complete with photographs and an interactive map.

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Inca Mummies

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/inca/

From National Geographic, images, articles, and links.

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Ice Treasures of the Inca

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/

National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.

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Huacas del Sol y la Luna, Moche Culture

http://www.huacas.com/

Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.

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Huaca del Moche

http://members.tripod.com/~Moche/

Essay on verious aspects of the Moche. Links, bibliography, terminology.

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El Brujo Peru

http://www.xanga.com/ElBrujoPeru

Describes archaeological and cultural research at and around the site of El Brujo, Peru.

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Early Ceramic Settlement in the Coastal Osmore Valley: Preliminary Report

http://bruceowen.com/research/owen1993-ias-early_ceramic.pdf

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.

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Colca Valley Regional Survey

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/wernke/Colca_Survey.html

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

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Chachapoya - Warriors of the Clouds

http://www.chachapoyas.com/

Pictures, text excerpts, and advertisement by Keith Muscutt, author of a book on the ancient Chachapoya of Peru.

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Bruce Owen's Archaeology Research in Peru

http://bruceowen.com/research/researchperu.htm

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.

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