I saw my first in a series of many ancient Peruvian ruins today. Kotosh was the first temple in the Americas, dating back to 1800 BCE. All that is left are a few short parts of walls that together made up the temple. To the layman, it basically looks like any other ruined ancient stone wall. After seeing the few ruins, Willie, Rolo, and I set off to scale the mountain overlooking Kotosh, in search for caves in which the people who lived in the times of Kotosh had inhabited. We climbed halfway up the mountain, but we decided to turn back because of the immense midday heat.
I’m planning on visiting important Incan ruins over the next month, which will be much more close to my heart than Kotosh. In my Archeology of the Incas course, we focused on the Incan period (1200-1532), rather than more ancient Peruvian archeology like Kotosh. I’ll actually understand more of the context for the archeology and architecture of the forthcoming ruins.
1) Huanuco Pampa, the well-known Incan administrative enclave (a 4 hour drive from Huanuco)
2) Pachacamac, ruins of a sacred city and holy place of pilgrimage (near Lima)
3) Machu Picchu, no comment
4) Saksaywamán, a sexy women, JK. It’s actually another Cusco Incan holy site.
5) Coricancha, the Temple of the Sun in Cusco that the Spaniards decided to convert into a Church. Thanks Spaniards.
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