Carajía
KARIJIA
[edit] Location
Karijia is an Archaeological site in the Utcubamba Valley,located 48 km in the northeast of the city of Chachapoyas in the province of Luya region of Amazonas,in the nation of Peru,where 8 mummies were discovered on the cliffside of a mountain in 1983.[1].
[edit] Description
The (originally 8) now 7 Sarcophagi are large statues painted white with red bird like color decorations special sacred symbols.The most prominent feature of the face are its large chins. They belong to the Chachapoya culture which date between A.D 1100 and 1300. They are known to the locals as the wisemen. Inside the Sarcophagi is a seated Skeleton with a few pottery pots and other presious belongings. The Sarcophagi are made of large reeds and mud plaster then sculptured into large statues of sacred giant like men. In an Earthquake that happened 1970's one of the statues fell of the cliff.[2]
[edit] References
- Archaeology Magazine Vol.6 2008
- Archaeology Magazine vol.6 2008
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