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Kuelap
- It is an important pre-Inca archaeological site located in the northeastern Andes of Peru, in the
Province of Luya, was built by the Chachapoyas culture.
- 1.Description 2.Architecture 3.When it was
discovered... 4.Economy
- 1. Kuelap is formed by two
gigantic artificial platforms
superimposed, on which a city
was raised that covers an
approximate extension of 450
hectares.
- 2. The main material for the
construction in Kuelap is the
limestone blocks edged without
polishing, which have different
qualities of finishings, being the
most elaborated ones those
destined to the ceremonial
constructions.
- 3. Kuélap is located at 3 thousand
meters above sea level in the
district of El Tingo, province of
Luya, 72 kilometers southwest of
the city of Chachapoyas. It was
discovered on January 31, 1843
by Crisostomo Nieto, judge of
first instance of Chachapoyas.
- 4. A big city, like Kuelap, must have had
a complete food supply system for its
inhabitants. The valleys near this site
are fertile and abundant in agricultural
products, which in the times of the
Chachapoyas were cultivated with corn,
beans, tarhui, potatoes, achira, mashua,
olluco, arracacha and yacon. As well as
livestock animals like the llama,
domestic animals like the guinea pig,
the majás, among other wild animals
whose bones have been found but have
been identified.
- 1. Kuelap is formed by two
gigantic artificial platforms
superimposed, on which a city
was raised that covers an
approximate extension of 450
hectares.
- 1.Description 2.Architecture 3.When it was
discovered... 4.Economy
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