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Show Dwelling DweIIing Places , Temples , Pottery andMetal andMetal and andMetal Metal in Peru Ruins of About 500 A . D . Discovery of dwelling places tem tern tempIes ternpies ternpies pIes pottery and metal work ot of an ancIent ancient anclent cIent civilization have been reported reportedby reportedby reportedby by Dr Wendell C Bennett , , assIstant assIstantI assIstantcurator assistantcurator assistantcurator curator in the anthropology depart department department department I ment of the American Museum of ofNatural ofNatural ofNatural Natural History H.1story H1story . states a New York Yorkcorrespondent Yorkcorrespondent Yorkcorrespondent correspondent in m the Boston HeraldDr HeraldDr Herald Dr Bennett recently returned returnedfrom returnedfrom returnedfrom from a n six month archeological ex expedlbon expedition expedition pedlbon pedition into northern Peru The Thesite Thesite Thesite site of the rums he uncovered is isnear isnear isnear near the town of Huaraz In the up upper upper upper per part of the Santa river valley at atan atan atan an altitude a1tltude of 10 10000 000 feet between betweenthe betweenthe betweentha the White ond and the Black Cordll Cordil Cordllleras Cordilleras Cordilleras leras lerasFrom From the evidence In the tombs tombssuch tombssuch tombssuch such as pottery copper pins pms and anddIscs anddiscs anddiscs dIscs and arrow heads of flint funt and andobsIdIan andobsidian andobsidian obsIdIan , , , this people of the Recuay RecuayClvillZatlon Recuaycivilization Recuaycivilization ClvillZatlon civilization predate one branch of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Tiahuanaco Tlahuanaco civilization and the theInca theInca theInca Inca civilization According to toMean toMean toMeans Mean s method the Recuay ruins ruinswould ruinswould ruinswould would date around 500 A DDr DDr D Dr Bennett found whole villages villagescontaining villagescontaining villagescontaining containing as many as 50 subter subterranean subterrema subterrancan ranean rema houses rooted roofed with tremen tremendous tremendous tremendous dous slabs of rock apparently cut cutfrom cutfrom cutfrom from the mountain sides The Re Recua Recuays Recuays cua cuays ) " . are built tombs tomb . of at rock slabs fasl fashioned oned Into boxes How the rock rockwas rockwas rockwas was cut and transported from the thequarries thequarries thequarries quarries to the village site I Is . un isn unknown isnknownn unknown known knownn . . * Many of the sunken sunIten houses ex extend extend extend tend two stones stories below the surface surfaceand surfaceand surfaceand and contained five or six rooms on oneach oneach oneach each floor with narrow passageway passageways passagewaysleading passagewaysleading . leading from one floor to another anotherand anotherand anotherand and from room to room TWO tem tern tempIes ternplea tempies pIes plea each having havmg three stories storiesabove storiesabove storiesabove above the ground and rising to 30 80 30feet 80feet 30feet feet in height , , were dIscovered dIscoveredStone discoveredStone discoveredStone Stone puma heads and statues rep representing . . resenting resenUng human figures also were werefound werefound werefound werefoundIn found foundIn In the ancient village 10 subter subter- subterranean subterranean subterranean - ranean passageways with single singleopenings singleopenings singleopenings openings were unearthed Pottery Potteryfound Potteryfound Potteryfound found at the ends of the tunnels tunnelsshowed tunnelsshowed tunnelsshowed showed they were used as dwelling dwellingplaces dwellingplaces dwellingplaces places . |