The Chachapuyas, also known as the “cloud warriors”, lived in the cloudy forests of the southern part of Amazonas province in today’s Peru. The name “Chachapuya” was named in the Incas; Incas also conquered this civilization shortly before the conquest of Peru by the Spaniards in the 16th ceury.
Given that most of the historical narratives about the Chachapuyas derive from the sources of the Incas and the Spaniards, our understanding of their culture is largely based on archaeological evidence.
Importa information has been obtained through the study of key ancie sites such as the Great Colep Fortress, the Gran Sapusova settleme, the Atompoker complex and the complex rooms in Rouvash, and “Laguna de Las Momeni” (meaning “Mummy Lake”).
In a new study, led by the Institute for Archeology and Ahropology of Colep and the Zalka Grande Archaeological Project, archaeologists using advanced mapping tools such as Lidar Lidar, more than 5 unknown structures belonging to the Civilization of Chachpavia.
Among the rubble of a wall surrounding a circular structure, researchers discovered two unique ceremonial rituals that they were so deliberately arranged that they indicated their religious or symbolic importance.
According to experts, these rings are reminisce of the Chavine style (a culture that was formed in the northern highlands of the Andes in Peru); However, this discovery may represe a unique shape and style in the Chachapia area that had not been documeed before.
