MYSTIC TOURS to caral
This millenary city occupies 66 hectares, comprised of monumental pyramidal structures and dozens of architectural groups built with stone and clay. Its organizational model influenced the development of all Peruvian civilizations. The Inca culture flourished 4400 years after Caral.
Children's graves have been excavated showing some buried with dresses and necklaces as an expression of their high social position. Among the many excavated objects, a group of 70 flutes, mainly elaborated in condor and pelican bones, confirms the collective musical practice of the Caral society, an artistic tradition that would be part of the Andean cultural inheritance from this point onwards.
The magic religious Andean ideas totally influenced all aspects of the daily and public life of society in general. These were demonstrated with frequency in the agricultural practices, especially those linked to corn and potato; likewise they linked to the health and fecundity of cattle. This is why they were offered to invoke the Sun, the Huamani and the Mamapacha.
The conopas were small idols that were revered to invoke the fecundity of the people of Caral and the abundance of its crops. The canopa of the corn was called “saramama”; the canopa of the corn "papamama" and the canopa of the coca "cocamama".
The Ceremonial Center of Pachacamac was dedicated to the most important god in the Peruvian coast. The first occupation started in the 200 B.C. During the flowering of Lima´s culture the first temples were made. The material and the technical skills used were very complex, ranging from the stone walls that formed the base of the big buildings, like the Conjunto of Adobitos and the Urpiwachak center, to the constructions of "adobitos" made by hand in the "Templo Viejo".
With the arrival of the Waris in 650 A.C., Pachacamac extended its influence for first time to other zones within the Central Andes. The Wari occupation of Pachacamac shows no evidence of their massive presence in terms of the construction of homes. The exception to this is the Temple of Pachacamac along with the disintegrated Templo Pintado, and one or two rectangular spaces and intern constructions which are now buried deep below the earth.
Between 1200 and 1450 A.C. the Ischma culture was developed, its regional character and influence corresponded to the low river basins of the Rímac and Lurín rivers. It developed at this time the splendor of the Ceremonial Center with a religious type of urbanism. During this period the Templo Pintado was reinforced and 15 more temples or Pyramids with inclines were built. The two principal streets, North – South and the East – West were made.
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