Show u Dwelling Places Temples Pottery and Metal in Peru Ruins of About A. A D. D Discovery of dwelling places tem tem- temples temples temples ples pottery and metal work of an an- ancient dent clent civilization n have been reported by Dr Wendell Wend en C. C Bennett assistant curator in the anthropology depart depart- department department ment of the American Museum of Natural History states a New York correspondent in the Boston Doston Herald Dr Bennett recently rec returned from a six-month six archeological ex ex- expedition expedition expedition Into northern Peru The site of the ruins he uncovered is near the town of Huaraz in the up up- upper upper upper per part of the Santa river valley at atan atan atan an altitude of feet between the White and the Black Cordil leras From the evidence in the tombs such as pottery copper pins and discs and arrow heads of flint and obsidian this people of the Recuay civilization predate one branch of the Tiahuanaco civilization and the Inca civilization According to Means Mean's method the Recuay ruins would date around A. A D. D Dr Bennett Dennett found whole villages containing as many as 50 subterranean subterranean subterranean houses roofed with tremendous tremendous tremendous dous slabs o ot of rock apparently cut from the mountain sides The Re Re- are built tombs of rock slabs I fashioned into boxes How the rock was cut and transported from tho the quarries to the village site li Is un un- un- un known Many of the ilie sunken houses extend ex ex- extend extend tend two stories below the surface and contained five or six rooms on each floor with narrow passageways leading from one floor to another and from room room room- to room Two tem tern temples temples ples pies each having three stories above the ground and rising to SO 30 feet In height were discovered Stone puma heads and statues rep rep- representing representing resenting human figures also were found In the ancient village 10 subterranean subterranean subterranean passageways with single openings were unearthed Pottery found at the ends of the ilie tunnels showed they Uley were used as dwelling places |