INTERVENED SITES ARCHAEOLOGICAL

From 1994 to 1995, Ruth Shady led an investigation in the Supe valley, from the coastline to Ámbar. With her investigation team they recognized tens of archaeological sites, segregating eighteen settlements with monumental architecture because of their characteristics, which were identified as the earlier ones. To solve the question on the settlement temporality, Shady started excavations in the Sacred City of Caral in 1996, which allowed determining –in 1997- that it belongs to the Initial Formative period (formerly known as Late Archaic period) and its value as a testimony of the first Andean civilization: Caral, which is 5000 years old. Since then, investigations have continued without interruptions and the number of settlements related to the Initial Formative period in the Supe valley have increased to 25, ten of which are being excavated to better know Caral civilization’s social system.

Additional archaeological interventions to those conducted in the Sacred City of Caral, took place in Chupacigarro since 1999, in Miraya and Lurihuasi since 2002, in Áspero since 2005, Allpacoto and Era de Pando since 2009, Pueblo Nuevo and Piedra Parada since 2012 and El Molino since 2013. In Vichama, located in the Huaura valley, investigations started in 2007.

Results of the investigations conducted in the Sacred City of Caral have been published in several volumes, as interventions are moving forward. The most recent one is: “Caral. 20 años recuperando la historia de la Civilización Caral para el Perú y el mundo, con responsabilidad social” (Caral. 20 years recovering the history of Caral civilization for Peru and the world, with social responsibility) (October 2014). The social history of Áspero archaeological complex, intervened since 2005, may be reviewed in the publication: “Áspero, Ciudad pesquera de la Civilización Caral, 5000 años de ciencia y tecnología pesquera.

10 años recuperando su historia social” (Áspero, fishing city of Caral civilization, 5000 years of science and fishing technology. 10 years recovering its social history) (March, 2015). And information on Vichama may be found in: “Vichama. Historia Social de la Civilización en Végueta. 3800 años de memoria colectiva de nuestros ancestros de Vichama ante el cambio climático” (Vichama. Social history of civilization in Végueta. 3800 years of collective memory of our Vichama ancestors to address climate change) (June, 2015).

Publication on Caral, 2014.

Publication on Áspero, 2015.

Publication on Vichama, 2015.