The Instituto de Arqueología Amazónica (IAA, Amazon Archaeology Institute) is a non-profit research center organisation affiliated to the

National Institute of Culture The Ministry of Culture (, MINCUL) is the government ministry of Peru in charge of the promotion of Peruvian culture and identity. It was created on 20 July 2010, during the Second presidency of Alan García. It replaced the National Institute ...

of Peru. The present director is Dr.

Federico Kauffmann Doig Federico Kauffmann Doig (born September 20, 1928) is a Peruvian historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist. He has made great contributions to the study of the civilizations of Ancient Peru, particularly on the Chavín culture and the Chachap ...

, and is operated in combination with the Center Studi Ricerche Ligabue (Italy), whose director is the anthropologist and paleontologist Dr . Giancarlo Ligabue, These centers have the purpose of investigating the history behind the Amazonian Peruvian Andes.

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Instituto de Arqueología Amazónica
Archaeological research institutes Research institutes in Peru Upper Amazon {{Peru-archaeology-stub