Understanding the beginnings humanity and the study of its social, cultural and technological development are fundamental pillars for the advancement of human knowledge. This exploration of our ancestral past allows us to explore the origins of many customs and patterns that still shape our society and our way of life.
Additionally, the ancient Latin American civilizations are particularly interesting because these civilizations experienced growth and decline in times when the continent they lived on was not even known to other nations around the world.
Therefore, any discovery related to the ancient peoples of the Americas is extremely valuable for researchers, especially when it comes to societies geographically close to us.
This highlight is made even clearer by a recent discovery by archaeologists of a cultural custom from a preInca civilization in Peru. They found one Cemetery of the ancient Wari people.
An ancient cemetery from preInca times is discovered in Peru
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North of PeruIn the Cajamarca region, a team of archaeologists consisting of Japanese and Peruvian experts have excavated a cemetery dating back to between 800 and 1,000 years AD. This is surprising considering how far it compares to the Incas, who appeared between 1438 and 1533 AD
The discovery is particularly important for historians who want to explore the culture of people like the Wari, also known as the Huari, who are not among the three bestknown ancient civilizations in the Americas: the Incas, Aztecs and Mayans.
While exploring, archaeologists found an incredible complex of twostory chambers full of human remains. In addition, they found a large amount of offerings such as shells, ceramics and musical instruments, indicating a possible religious ritual of the civilization.
However, according to archaeologist Shinya Watanabe of Nanzan University in Japan, there wasn’t necessarily a cultural pattern in space with evidence of different types of ceremonies and beliefs.
More information about Waris
The brief introduction to Wari culture highlights their important political influence in neighboring villages, using beer and hallucinogens to control the crowds.
His strategy, poorly developed, cost the end of civilization, taken by the Ascension Inca Empirearound 1,100 AD. However, it is worth emphasizing that the Incas were not exactly a people centralized in a single culture. It would be more appropriate to say that they were integrated into another growing society.