Corihuayrachina

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Corihuayrachina is a ruin site in Peru near Choquequirao in the Vilcabamba area on the Cerro Victoria mountain plateau .

The British photographer and researcher Peter Frost and the American Scott Gorsuch discovered traces of the place while hiking in 1999. In June 2001, Frost led a group of archaeologists into the area, who managed to climb to the town, which is 3,900 m above sea level. They discovered agricultural terraced fields, granaries, cemeteries, burial towers, over 100 circular buildings, the stump of a pyramid and an 8 km long canal that was used for irrigation on an area of ​​6 km² . The religious or administrative center may have been an open space with a burial site under it.

When the researchers arrived in Corihuayrachina, the city had already been looted. There were skeletons in the graves , but no grave goods. The pottery and stone tools found testify to two different periods of time. The city was probably founded around 1200 and left again to be settled again later. The magnificent view of the surrounding snow-capped mountains was probably used for religious worship of the sun and for the development of a calendar.

literature

  • Grob, Onno: " The last refuge of the Inka " in: National Geographic Germany May 2002, pp. 92–93

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Frost reports: "This site exceeds everything we expected. It extends over six square kilometers of steep terrain." according to: Onno Grob: "The last refuge of the Inca" in: National Geographic Germany May 2002, p. 92.
  2. ↑ Peter Frost: "The residents probably chose this place for two reasons: because of the nearby silver mines and because of its suitability for ceremonies. This is the only place from which all the snow-capped peaks in the area can be seen." according to: Onno Grob: "The last refuge of the Inca" in: National Geographic Germany May 2002, p. 92.

Coordinates: 13 ° 20 ′ 29.6 ″  S , 72 ° 53 ′ 19.3 ″  W.