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Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_Pucllana
This back strap loom was found int the Huaca Pucllana in San isidro, Lima
If you want to know more about the weaving In ancient Peru, here is a very good article: www.textilescusco.org/andean-textiles
In pre-Columbian Peru, feathers were highly valued for their magnificent colors, silken texture, and perhaps also for their symbolism. Known in ritual contexts as early as the third millennium B.C., feathers served various ceremonial and secular purposes among Andean peoples throughout preconquest history. On the Pacific south coast in the early first millennium A.D., the Nasca peoples buried feathered garments and precious cloth figurines only a few inches tall, which were dressed in miniature clothes embellished with feather tufts, as offerings. In the seventh and eighth centuries the Wari people of the southern highlands covered impressive numbers of large panels with radiant macaw feathers, perhaps for display on festive occasions or as offerings. Farther north in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Chimu royalty rode in feather-decorated litters and wore feathered tabards and luxurious accessories in iridescent blues, yellows, reds, and greens. The conquering Inka are said to have "paved" the streets in their imperial city, Cusco, with colored and feathered cloth on the occasion of royal weddings.
Ancient Peruvian featherwork has not been extensively studied. As these fragile objects only rarely survive burial in good condition, the full repertoire may never be known.
In his lengthy description of Tipuana in 1853 (under the name of Machaerium tipu), versatile George Bentham (1800-1884) writes that this tree is called the Tipú of Peru by the people of the Paraná Valley. And he adds - I don't know why - that this valley has the best gold in the entire area. Whatever the case, the flower of our tree sure is golden.
But it's no doubt the pollen or nectar not the gold that attracts this beautiful Hoverfly. I'm not 'up' on Peruvian insects and am at a loss. Anyone out there? Thanks. PS: Many thanks to Alan Thornhill, see below, for his tentative identification: Allograpta piurana.
I saw this tree on the perimeter of the astounding Huaca Pucllana, an enormous adobe and clay platform, once a city of the Lima and the Wari Cultures (200-1000 CE), now in central Miraflores, Lima. It's being excavated since the 1980s.
The right inset has a dessicated Toad - a kind of cousin of this writer, Rana Pipiens. It seems that Toads had a special place in Lima Culture; this is a dry area and they signified 'rain'. Apparently - explained our guide -Toads were caught and put into a cage of some sort until they croaked; that sound was thought to call up rain. Of course, in the aftermath of this rite Toad 'croaked' as well. This one dates from those times.
'Ah!' you exclaim, 'But what about that Rosewood?' Well, for that there's also an explanation. The sap of this tree bleeds rose-colored.
Yesterday I remarked on the pretty garden of indigenous plants of Huaca Pucllana, an enormous pre-Incan archeological site here in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. Curiously, this pretty Gladiolus was also growing there. Diversified species of Gladiolus are natives of Africa, especially the area of the Cape of Good Hope. I understand that this Gladiolus has been cultivated in Huánuco in Central Peru only since 1947. And that it is certainly not native to this country. But it's quite beautiful indeed!
Central in Miraflores is this immense archeological site, Huaca (=Sacred) Pucllana (=Games). The adobe-bricked structure was used in succession - bascially for religious and funereal purposes - by three pre-Incan cultures: Lima, Wari and Ychsma. It's a fascinating place, though dry and hot (wear a hat). Archeological digging is going on. Fascinating, too, is a large vegetable garden that cultivates plants purportedly used for food and rites in those cultures. One of the plants in flower this morning was this Golden Berry, Aguaymanto in Spanish and Physalis peruviana in great Carolus Linnaeus's scientific Latin. The Berry is great for vitamins.
The fascinating Lima Civilization Ruins, in the heart of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The name, Waka Pujllana (the better spelling) in Quechua means the sacred place of play but does not refer to sports, rather religious ritual. It is an adobe structure and was built from about 200-600 AD by the pre-Inka Lima people.
There were many dogs roaming the ruins at Huaca Pucllana. The Peruvian Hairless is not beautiful but very friendly. There is nothing wrong with him, thats just the way he looks. I love his Mohawk hair line.
Pre-inca pyramid of adobe and bricks of Huaca Pucllana, dating around 500 CE.
The pyramid was built by members of the Lima culture, a Pre-Incan indigenous coastal civilization that lasted in the region from around 100 CE to 650 CE.
Scene of indigenous Marenga ritual, see the pot, there's a shark painting on it, which is a symbol of the Sea, Marenga's divinity, or inca believed in the Sun
The Huaca Pucllana is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.
Huaca Huallamarca
Bem no meio do simpático bairro de San Isidro, há um sítio arqueológico de Lima que poucos conhecem: a Huaca Huallamarca.
Acredita-se que a Huaca Huallamarca, essa grande pirâmide toda feita de barro, era um templo cerimonial pré-inca.
A Huaca Pucllana, também foi construída por povos pré-incas e acredita-se que o local tenha sido usado como templo para sacrifícios de mulheres a fim de acalmar as deusas, que eram consideradas muito violentas. Este era um templo reservado para a elite, sacerdotes e nobres.
O processo de restauração destas ruínas começou apenas em 1981 e, segundo o guia que nos acompanhou pela visita, serão necessário mais 30 anos de intenso trabalho para terminar toda a restauração daquela área. Antes de descobrirem as ruínas, a região era usada como pista de moto-cross, acredite se quiser.
Hoje, a Huaca Pucllana ocupa apenas um quarteirão, grande é verdade, no bairro de Miraflores, mas os pesquisadores acreditam que essa área era no mínimo seis vezes maior e que deveria ocupar vários quarteirões em todas as direções. Dizem também que a área mais importante ainda está soterrada, pois, por conta da sua proximidade com o mar, esse local era provavelmente utilizado para observar as deusas que ali habitavam.
Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_Pucllana
The fascinating Lima Civilization Ruins, in the heart of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The name, Waka Pujllana (the better spelling) in Quechua means the sacred place of play but does not refer to sports, rather religious ritual. It is an adobe structure and was built from about 200-600 AD by the pre-Inka Lima people.
The fascinating Lima Civilization Ruins, in the heart of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The name, Waka Pujllana (the better spelling) in Quechua means the sacred place of play but does not refer to sports, rather religious ritual. It is an adobe structure and was built from about 200-600 AD by the pre-Inka Lima people.
The fascinating Lima Civilization Ruins, in the heart of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The name, Waka Pujllana (the better spelling) in Quechua means the sacred place of play but does not refer to sports, rather religious ritual. It is an adobe structure and was built from about 200-600 AD by the pre-Inka Lima people.
The fascinating Lima Civilization Ruins, in the heart of Miraflores, Lima, Peru. The name, Waka Pujllana (the better spelling) in Quechua means the sacred place of play but does not refer to sports, rather religious ritual. It is an adobe structure and was built from about 200-600 AD by the pre-Inka Lima people.