Piruro (possibly from
Quechua for
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] is an archaeological site in
Peru. It is situated in the
Huánuco Region,
Huamalíes Province,
Tantamayo District
Tantamayo (from Quechua ''Tanta Mayu'') is one of eleven districts of the Huamalíes Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Kancha at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
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The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral'' No. 533/INC on June 18, 2002.
The complex consists of two parts named Piruro I and Piruro II. This archaeological zone has had a long occupation, its first vestiges date from 3000 to 2500 years B.C (
Final Preceramic) and they extend until the
Inca Empire (
Late Horizon
This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area. An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dat ...
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The Fortress of Piruro II can be found in the right side of the river Tantamayo over 3.8 km over the sea level, the first archaeological inspections of the fortress happened during the explorations of
Bertrand Flornov around the years 1957 and 1975 and excavations are attributed to Lois Girault between the years 1968 and 1970, the carbon dating from those examinations give a date between 1930 and 2100 years B.C. meaning this fortress was built in the
pre-ceramic period, Girault found architectonic remnants of hewn stones that seem similar to those found in
Kotosh and certain walls located in
Chavin. The fortress is composed of walls build with stones hewn in squared shape and uniform size. The building is composed of 5 floors, where the front of it has rectangular doors and windows. In the front of the building there is a large-scale clearance that shapes a park because in the center of it there are remnants of a stone and mud structure covered by the ground. Currently the building is fenced by stone walls of 1 1/2 meters in height were two rectangular doors protrude, there also is a 4-meter height stone tower near the place where some stones bulge in the backside of the structure that were used as a makeshift ladder.
See also
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Anku
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Isog
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Susupillo
Susupillo is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Tantamayo District.
The archaeological site of Susupillo lies on the northern sl ...
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Huankarán
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Andean preceramic
The Andean preceramic refers to the early period of human occupation in the Andean area of South America that preceded the introduction of ceramics. This period is also called pre-ceramic or aceramic.
Earliest human occupations
The earliest huma ...
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Kotosh Religious Tradition
References
Archaeological sites in Huánuco Region
Archaeological sites in Peru
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