Web Directory

» Ancient Desert Markings Imaged From Orbit
   Visible from ESA's Proba spacecraft 600 kilometres away in space are the largest of the many Nasca Lines; ancient desert markings now at risk from human encroachment as well as flood events feared to be increasing in frequency.
   http://www.esa.int/export/esaSA/SEMO0R1PGQD_earth_0.html

» Ancient Inca Road in Desperate Need of Protection
   A preliminary study of the ancient highland road that linked the Inca Empire from southern Colombia to Central Chile, found that only 5 percent of the 8,500 km route is under some form of protection, and large sections of it have been lost entirely.
   http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/ci-air090903.php

» Animals Among the Dead: The Ritual Use of Animals at Beringa
   Thesis by Randi R. Gladwell presenting evidence for the ritual use of animals from Beringa, an archaeological site dated from AD 550 to 1476, located in southwestern Peru.
   http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~randi.r.gladwell/Documents/THESIS%20ANIMALS%20AMONG%20THE%20DEAD%20SS.pdf

» Archaeology of Peru
   Site centers on the archaeology of complex societies in Latin America and Andean South America and focuses upon the study of how the Tiwanaku civilization expanded from the lake Titicaca region to control much of the southern Andes.
   http://weber.ucsd.edu/~psgoldst

» Bruce Owen's Archaeology Research in Peru
   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.
   http://bruceowen.com/research/researchperu.htm

» Buena Vista Archaeological Project - University of Missouri
   Provides a background of field work conducted in Chillon Valley, Peru. Includes images from 2003 and 2004 excavations and a profile of the project director.
   http://web.missouri.edu/~nad2b1/BuenaVista/Home.htm

» Chachapoya - Warriors of the Clouds
   Pictures, text excerpts, and advertisement by Keith Muscutt, author of a book on the ancient Chachapoya of Peru.
   http://www.chachapoyas.com/

» Colca Valley Regional Survey
   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
   http://www.vanderbilt.edu/wernke/Colca_Survey.html

» Early Ceramic Settlement in the Coastal Osmore Valley: Preliminary Report
   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.
   http://bruceowen.com/research/owen1993-ias-early_ceramic.pdf

» El Brujo Peru
   Describes archaeological and cultural research at and around the site of El Brujo, Peru.
   http://www.xanga.com/ElBrujoPeru

» Huaca del Moche
   Essay on verious aspects of the Moche. Links, bibliography, terminology.
   http://members.tripod.com/~Moche/

» Huacas del Sol y la Luna, Moche Culture
   Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.
   http://www.huacas.com/

» Ice Treasures of the Inca
   National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.
   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/index.html

» Inca Mummies
   From National Geographic, images, articles, and links.
   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/inca/

» Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
   A virtual tour of the Inca Trail, complete with photographs and an interactive map.
   http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail.html

» Inca Wall Falls for 'Archaeologist' Hotel
   ABC News includes a brief article about destruction of an ancient wall in Cusco.
   http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s946275.htm

» Inca's stone fitting
   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
   http://indra.com/~davide/IncaWalls/Index.html

» Jewelry Repatriated
   Precolumbian gold and turquoise jewelry once for sale at Sotheby's has been returned to Peru.
   http://www.archaeology.org/9609/newsbriefs/sipan.html

» Mass Human Sacrifice Unearthed in Peru
   From the New Scientist, ancient sacrificed remains of 200 fishermen have been excavated from a beach in Peru.
   http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2885

» Mummy Trove Found in Peru
   From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1936023.stm

» NOVA : Ice Mummies of the Inca
   NOVA Online presents an expedition to Peru in search of Incan mummies on Mt. Sara Sara.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/

» Pachacamac Archaeological Project
   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
   http://www.pachacamac.net/

» Paloma World
   An interactive tour of the Paloma site in western Peru, including a virtual dig and excavation databases.
   http://coas.missouri.edu/paloma/INDEX.HTML

» Projet Ychsma - Ychsma Project
   This site describes the ongoing Ychsma Project, led by Peter Eeckhout, which has carried out archaeological field research at the site of Pachacamac, Peru.
   http://www.ulb.ac.be/philo/ychsma/

» Pukara Domestic Architecture Research Project
   Describes the archaeological research led by Elizabeth Klarich at the highland Peruvian center of Pukara.
   http://pukara.org

» Save Ollanta
   The famous Inca settlement of Ollantaytambo, Peru, is in imminent danger from a new highway project that would destroy Inca agricultural terraces.
   http://www.cuscoperu.com/save_ollanta/

» The Lord of Sipan
   Describes archaeological and cultural research at Chiclayo in the region of Lambayeque.
   http://www.peruvianenvirons.com/en/Sipan.aspx

» The Ruins on the Inca Trail
   Brief notes on the main archaeological sites: Llaqtapata, Runkuraqay, Sayaqmarka, Inca Tunnel, Phuyupatamarka, Intipata, Wiñawayna, Intipunku, Machu Picchu. With photographs.
   http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/inca/ruins1.html