A recent discovery at the archaeological site of Espíritu Pampa, Vilcabamba, in the Cuzco region, was announced by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture. Archaeologists uncovered tombs containing items with Wari as well as Nazca characteristics.
Espíritu Pampa is located in the high jungle northwest of Cuzco. The site was known tot the Spaniards as Vilcabamba Viejo, and is also called the last stronghold of the Incas, since this is were the last Inca ruler Tupac Amaru was captured in 1572.
An interesting article by a Peruvian/American team of archaeologists/ethnohistorians was published online this week in American Anthropologist : Traces of a Lost Language and Number System Discovered on the North Coast of Peru. The abstract reads:
A recent discovery at the archaeological site of Espíritu Pampa, Vilcabamba, in the Cuzco region, was announced by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture. Archaeologists uncovered tombs containing items with Wari as well as Nazca characteristics.