Chauchilla Cemetery, Nazca Burial, Nazca, Peru
Chauchilla Cemetery is a cemetery that contains prehispanic mummified human remains and archeological artifacts, located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Nazca in Peru The cemetery was discovered in the 1920s,[3] but had not been used since the 9th century AD. The cemetery includes many important burials over a period of 600 to 700 years. The start of the interments was in about 200 AD. It is important as a source of archaeology to Nazca culture.[4] The cemetery has been extensively plundered by huaqueros (grave robbers) who have left human bones and pottery scattered around the area.[4] Similar local cemeteries have been damaged to a greater extent.[2] The site has been protected by Peruvian law since 1997 and tourists pay around seven dollars to take the two-hour tour of this ancient necropolis.[2] The site is by the Poroma riverbed and can be accessed off a dirt track from the Panamerican Highway.[4] In 1997, the majority of the scattered bones and plundered pottery were restored to the tombs.[1]
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Location: Nazca, Peru
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