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| FUNERARY CONTEXTS FOUND AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF WAYNA TUCARAY IN CUSCO |
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| Written by leopoldo |
| Wednesday, 15 December 2010 12:48 |
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The first context, found at enclosure (2), is in bad state of preservation. Based on the skull’s features, it could belong to an adult woman between 30 and 35 years old. The second funerary context was found with four individuals at enclosure (3). The first one was placed in ventral position looking towards the east, in good state of preservation. Of the remaining three, only skulls were found along with a large variety of fragmented pottery. At unit (6), archaeologists found six fragmented Inca aryballos with phytomorph and geometric forms, representing sea fern and rhombus. Source: andina.pe |



FUNERARY CONTEXTS FOUND AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA OF WAYNA TUCARAY IN CUSCO


Workers at Cusco’s Regional Directorate of Culture found two funerary contexts and six Inca aryballos at sector B of the archaeological area of Wayna Tucaray, located in the district of San Sebastian.