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Fall 09012014, Cover Stories, Daily News

Archaeologists Excavate Ancient Wari Temple in Peru

Wed, Dec 10, 2014

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Unprecedented D-shaped temple to be further investigated in 2015.

An international team of archaeologists under

the joint directorship of Dr. Maria Lozada of the
University of Chicago, Dr. Hans Barnard of the
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology of UCLA, and
Lic. Augusto Cardona Rosas of the Centro de
Investigaciones Arqueolgicas Arequipa, Peru,
have uncovered what they identified as an
ancient Wari temple with a configuration in the
shape of a D in the Lower Vitor Valley of

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We have identified extensive Wari influence and possible presence at Vitor, including
a D-shaped temple and significant quantities of Wari-influenced ceramics, write
Lozada and colleagues about the site discoveries. They have also uncovered a strong
and substantial presence of local populations, indicating a mix of local and Wariinfluenced culture at the site.*

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Digging at a location approximately 40 kilometers west of the modern city of Arequipa,

Peru, the team has unearthed a variety of ceramic and textile remains at the site,
including skeletal remains found within a local Ramada culture cemetery. Focusing on
evidence uncovered for the Early Intermediate (ca. 200 BCE 800 CE) and Middle
Horizon (ca. 500 1000 CE) occupation periods of the valley, the scientists hope to be
able to answer questions related to the degree to which the local Ramada culture was
incorporated into the Wari Empire as well as the role and influence of Wari culture in
this area of the Andes.

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The Wari, or Huari, was a civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and
coastal areas of what is modern-day Peru from about AD 500 to 1000 (Middle Horizon
period). It expanded to cover much of the highlands and coast of Peru, establishing
administrative centers, developing a terraced agricultural technology and a vast
network of roads, at least some of which provided a foundation for the same for the
later Inca civilization.
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direction of Lic. Augusto Cardona, as well as continue with surveys under the direction
of Dr. Hans Barnard. In addition, they plan to conduct analyses of the materials
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