Lambayeque: Ceremonial temple discovered in the Los Paredones Archaeological Complex of the Other Side - Las nimas de Z

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Lambayeque: Ceremonial temple discovered in the Los Paredones Archaeological Complex of the Other Side – Las Ánimas de Zaña

Press release
The Ministry of Culture, through the DDC Lambayeque, supervised the progress of the Archaeological Project Cultural Landscapes of Úcupe - Zaña Valley that began on June 3.











Photos: DDC Lambayeque

June 27, 2024 - 3:54 pm

The Ministry of Culture, through the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Lambayeque (DDC), supervised and verified the progress of the first stage of the research work of the Cultural Landscapes of Úcupe - Zaña Valley Archaeological Project that began on June 3 at the Los Paredones de la Otra Banda - Las Ánimas Archaeological Complex, located in the districts of Zaña, 48 kilometers from the city of Chiclayo.

Two archaeological units have been excavated at this site, discovering in the first remains of religious monumental architecture belonging to the formative period that would be approximately five thousand years old, according to the director of the Archaeological Project of Cultural Landscapes of Úcupe - Zaña Valley, Dr. Luis Armando Muro Ynoñán.
"We are probably looking at a five-thousand-year-old religious complex that is an architectural space defined by walls built of mud. We have what would have been a central staircase from which one would ascend to a kind of stage in the central part," he said.

The temple reveals friezes with anthropomorphic images in high relief that present a human body with a bird's head, feline images and reptile claws. Special ceremonies were held here and a wall covered with fine plaster with a pictorial design was discovered on the upper part.

In the second archaeological excavation unit, ceremonial architecture was found, dating from the late Moche period, between 600 and 700 AD. The monument has buttresses and bases of a large stepped platform. The burial of an infant of approximately 5 to 6 years of age, dating from a later period, was also identified at the site.

The director of the Archaeological Project of Cultural Landscapes of Úcupe - Zaña Valley, Dr. Luis Armando Muro Ynoñán, said that this research is funded by the Catholic University of Peru and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
These investigations seek to examine the emergence, evolution and development of the ceremonial center and elite cemetery of La Otra Banda and Úcupe, which were built and consolidated regionally between the Formative and Moche periods , in association with several other emerging centers in the Jequetepeque Valley and Lambayeque.
The project is authorized by Directorial Resolution No. 000240-2024-DCIA-DGPA-VMPCIC/MC, of ​​the General Directorate of Archaeological Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.

https://www.gob.pe/institucion/cultura/noticias/979358-lambayeque-descubren-templo-ceremonial-en-el-complejo-arqueologico-los-paredones-de-la-otra-banda-las-animas-de-zana

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TWO ANCIENT TEMPLES FOUND IN PERU

JULY 3, 2024



A carving of a human with a bird’s head and a painting were found at the temple.


Peruvian Ministry of Culture
CHICLAYO, PERU—According to the Miami Herald, a temple adorned with brightly colored paintings and carved sculptures—including one depicting a being with a human body, bird’s head, feline features, and reptile claws—has been unearthed on the northwestern coast of Peru. Archaeologists believe the temple dates to some 5,000 years ago when members of the Lambayeque or Sican culture dominated the region. Atop a high stepped platform at a neighboring site, archaeologists uncovered a much later temple dating to around 700 or 600 B.C. that belongs to the Moche culture. A burial of a child of about five or six years old was found next to the temple. To read about a vast ancient city in northern Peru, go to "Peru's Great Urban Experiment."

https://archaeology.org/news/2023/10/06/two-ancient-temples-found-in-peru/

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Ancient Temple Discovered in Mountain in Peru
VaselineJuly 1, 2024

A carving of a human with a bird’s head and a painting were found at the ancient temple.


Ministry of Culture of Peru

Before the Spanish conquest of Peru, the Incas were a vast culture known for their elaborate buildings in the Andes.

Machu Picchu is high in the mountains and was the bustling capital of the Cusco Empire. The network of roads from village to village was an engineering feat for its time.

Thousands of years before the height of the Inca’s ingenuity, other cultures were building temples in the mountains.

Now one has been discovered.

In the archaeological complex of Los Paredones de la Otra Banda – Las Ánimas, outside the city of Chiclayo, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a religious monument from the Formativist Period, according to a June 27 press release from the Ministry of Culture.

According to archaeologists, the temple walls are made of ground mud and are estimated to be 5,000 years old.

The site dates from the Formation Period, about 5,000 years ago. Ministry of Culture of Peru According to the press release, the religious site has a central staircase leading to a sort of podium or platform.

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