14:16 | Cañete (Lima region), Aug. 23.
Huaca Malena is an archaeological site located an hour and a half from the Peruvian capital, Lima. It was built around the 7th century and abandoned about the 10th century.
According to Rommel Angeles, the on-site museum's spokesperson, the funerary contexts unearthed in the area include wonderful textile examples of the
Wari Culture.
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Of particular note are tapestries made of camelid fiber and cotton with representations of characters holding Wari-style crosiers.
Likewise, archaeologists unearthed woolen fabrics for women's dresses, as well as various hair ornaments and men's tunics.
The ornaments were made up of feathers of Amazon birds. Other findings include women's headbands, hats, ribbons, and fox tail ornaments.
"There are many clothes with representations of miniature caballitos de totora (traditional reed watercrafts), popular in those days," he told Andina news agency.
Angeles laments that Huaca Malena has been intensively looted to obtain the beautiful textiles associated with the funerary contexts.
He went on to say these are the finest examples of its kind discovered on the central coast.
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Publicado: 23/8/2019