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Peru |
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Chancay pot with flatfish. |
1995 |
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Figure holding mace (Chancay). |
1995 |
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Late Chancay ceramic influenced by Huari-Inca. |
1995 |
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Ritual mask bowl from the Paracas (400 BCE to 200 BCE). |
1995 |
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Paracas bowl with Spider. The Paracas ruled the coastal deserts South of Lima. |
1995 |
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Pot with face of a bird (Paracas). |
1995 |
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Planaria bowl (Paracas). |
1995 |
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Seal (Paracas). |
1995 |
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Puma (Paracas). |
1995 |
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Poncho with figures (Paracas). |
1995 |
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Paracas textile with lizard patterns that would influence the later Nazca. |
1995 |
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Lima |
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The Nazca followed the Paracas and ruled the coastal deserts between 200 BCE and 800. Nazca ceramics were painted with styalised plant forms like these. |
1995 |
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Styalised animal and bird forms used by the Nazca on their ceramics. |
1995 |
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Ceramic brightly coloured bird from the Nazca (200 BCE to 800). |
1995 |
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Lima |
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Nazca vessel with lizards. |
1995 |
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Ceramic painted with battle scene, Nazca. |
1995 |
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Basket of onions ceramic from the Nazca period. |
1995 |
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Nazca ceramic vegetable. |
1995 |
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Nazca ceramic of a turbaned face. |
1995 |
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Lima |
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Bird on a pot (Nazca). |
1995 |
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Lima |
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Flora and fauna pot (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Crayfish (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Pot with vaginas (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Ceramic Nazca whistles. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Painted ceramic of a musician (Nazca). |
1995 |
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Musician playing pan pipes (Nazca). |
1995 |
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Lima |
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Figures with dogs (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Flat headed figure (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Lizard (Nazca). |
1995 |
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Lima |
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Upright fish with human faces (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Bearded face (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Carved arrow head (Nazca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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The styalised picture forms were used in the Nazca Lines. The largest was Alcatraz (lower left) which was 285m long. |
1995 |
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Nazca gold necklace. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Naza mummy head with its cloth. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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The Huari ruled the Andean valleys from 500 to 1100. |
1995 |
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Painting of a priest (Huari). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Huari face. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Large Huari pot with a face on top. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Painted Huari bowl. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Huari crayfish ceramic. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Animal with human head with monkeys for ears (Huari). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Figures holding hands in a bowl (Huari). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Huari carpet weaving with deities. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Ear ornaments (Huari). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Bowl with a spider, Cajamarca (c 5th century). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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The Cajamarca were based in the Northern Peruvian Andes. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Fat person with load (Karwas culture). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Karwas ceramic with owl. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Figure of a scribe from the Andean Recuay civilisation (100 to 500). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Figure with cats (Recuay). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Two figures, one partially hidden (Recuay). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Recuay ceramic with a priest. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Horned animal (Recuay). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Seated warrior (Recuay). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Owl (Recuay). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Recuay ceramic of a figure contemplating. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Ceramics from the Pacopampa (400 BCE - 200 BCE). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Pacopampa carved steles. The Papopampa ruled the Andean areas North of Lima. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Claw with torquoise (Pacopampa). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Vicus ceramic with a human figure. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Male figure from the Salina (North Peru). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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The Salina flourished between 400 BCE and 200 BCE. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Ceramic from the Santa civilisation, one of the less well known of Peru's cultures. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Animal figure from the Viru culture (200 BCE to 400). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Viru ceramic showing a bowl with guinea pig, an Andean delicacy. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Man with animal. The Viru lived in North Peru. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Man with bowl (Viru). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Stone monolith from Kuntne Wasi, an ancient city in Northern Peru. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Bowl with turtle from the Northern Ancon cilivilisation. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Chincha (12th century) wooden totem pole. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Bowl with cat (Chincha). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Stone carving from the ancient Aspero culture (2500 BCE to 2000 BCE). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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The Incas ruled from the Southern Andes from 1450 to 1530. The first Inca king was Manco Capac (c1200). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Portraits of the Incas were created by the Spanish. This is Sinchu Roca (c1230). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Lleque Yupanqui (the third Inca king, 1260 - 1290). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Huayana Capac (1493 - 1547). When the Spanish arrived in South America, the Incas had one of the largest empires in the Americas. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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The penultimate Inca Emperor, Huascar (1527 - 1532). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Poster showing the final Inca ruler, Atahualpa (1532 - 1533) being executed by the Spanish. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Inca ceramic with a crayfish. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Inca vessel for drinking chicha (a local alcoholic drink). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Pot with crocodile (Inca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Alpacas, a word from the Inca language, Quechua. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Lima |
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Museums |
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Bird with corn (Inca). |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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The Cordillera Blanca is visible from a series of valleys in the Ancash region north of Lima. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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The 6150m high Huatean. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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The fertile Santa Valley is one of the many valleys in the region. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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The Santa River. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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Mud brick houses on the side of the valley. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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Decimated village in a region blighted by guerilla warfare. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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Riverside village. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
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Villages dot the landscape. |
1995 |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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Huaraz is the largest town in the Santa Valley. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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Huaraz is at 3053m. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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Huaraz is a modern town rebuilt after the 1970 earthquake. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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The main square. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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The market. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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Quechua woman in the market. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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The market. |
1995 |
Peru |
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Santa Valley |
Huaraz |
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Two women. |
1995 |