A group of 815 movable pre-Hispanic cultural goods, belonging to the Provincial Municipality of Huaylas, in Ancash region, were declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the
In turn, these movable goods contain 470 registration records, which are held by the aforementioned municipality.
The aforementioned declaration is recorded in Resolution No. 000117-2025-VMPCIC/MC, issued by the Deputy Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Industries of Mincul and published in the legal section of the Official Gazette El Peruano.
The aforementioned objects are located in the Hernan Osorio Herrera Municipal Museum.
Of the 815 goods, 814 are pre-Hispanic, and one is of an ethnographic object, belonging to the Awajun people.
The characteristics of the 814 aforementioned objects make them a "testament to the technological, social, and cultural development of pre-Hispanic societies," as stated in the resolution.
Likewise, they reflect the specialization of production achieved by the artisans of pre-Hispanic Peru, and are a testament to the use of various materials.
Furthermore, this contributes "to the understanding of the technological level reached by pre-Hispanic societies that developed from the Early Intermediate Period to the Late Horizon," as well as to the ceramic tradition of the Awajun people.
Historical Objects
Their characteristics also reveal artisanal production techniques, "including pottery, metallurgy, textiles, stonework, as well as organic materials and animal bone."
Local style features of the pre-Hispanic period are expressed in them, it is specified.
Likewise, the iconography depicted in these 814 objects is related to the styles of the Moche, Nasca, Recuay, Sihuas, Santa, Casma, Pativilca, Aquilpo, Chancay, Chimu, Lambayeque, and Inca cultures.
Regarding the ethnographic object, it is noted that it is a testimony to the pottery tradition of the Amazonian Awajun culture.
All these goods "possess historical, technological, scientific, and social value, as their characteristics allow them to be placed in a specific historical and geographical context, and they serve as a testament to the technological, social, and cultural development of pre-Hispanic societies," the resolution indicated.
In this regard, their characteristics "contribute to the study of pre-Hispanic styles, identifying a series of aspects related to material culture," the Mincul stated.
Moreover, they contribute to strengthening cultural identity through our cultural heritage and represent an important element in efforts to conserve and protect it.
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