Peru Pre-Inca Archeological Findings Signal to the Ocean

    Ancient design of boats still used today in Lake Titicaca shared between Bolivia and Peru, area center of culture.

Archeological historical pieces a sacred Pre-Inca and Inca Puzzle seem to be coming into place -the result a vision that could prove that the culture was more "cosmopolitan" than originally believed. International experts and archeologists are in Peru working to unravel the mysteries of the culture gone- but still voicing.

Diario Libre of Peru reported on the last days of June on new archeological findings discovered in the coast of Arequipa which belong to Pre-Inca culture.  The news is sided with the news of the UNESCO World Heritage declaration for an Inca road and evidences of Pre-Inca and Inca navigation knowledge.

The Pre-Inca findings near the Arequipa, Peruvian coast belong to a culture which took to the area approximately 800 years AC. Specifically the culture is known as the Tiahuanaco. Archeologists assure that the findings signal to questions on the relationship with the coast and expansion to ocean coastal areas.

A group of archeologists of the Polish University of Wroclaw and Catholic University of Santa Maria UCSM Peru was responsible for the findings. A cemetery was found just 3 kilometers form the coast. The Discovery is unique as the culture was believed to dwell in high mountain areas and not near the ocean.

“We have more archeological evidences but we still have not made them public to protect sites from looters,” Luis Belan Franco –codirector of the binational expedition and director of the Archeological Museum of UCSM stated adding that that there are more new sites to dig out in the region.

BBC reported also in the last days of June on the new Status of UNESCO World Heritage given to an Inca Road -the “Inca Qhapaq Nan”. The road runs parallel to the coast crossing six countries. Despite the road is officially known as belonging to Inca culture, the connections and inheritance between both cultures cannot be denied. Countries of Colombia, North Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have vowed to protect the Inca Road.

The road and the coastal archeological new discovery speak directly of the relationship of both cultures with movement and inter-connectivity.  Both also reveal a strong connection with the coast and ocean environment. Strangely enough since the mid-1940s diverse navigation experts around the world have argued that original cultures of America could have navigated through the Pacific Ocean reaching waters and land as far as Asia. One wonderful example of Pre-Inca boat construction and which can still be witnessed are the reed boats of Lake Titicaca. The design is stunning similar to ancient Asian boats and even strike resemblance to Viking basic design.

In 1947 the expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl took this “Ancient America-Asia Ocean Route Theory” to the test. Heyerdahl traveled to Peru and constructed a raft using nothing but native woods and the designs left by original communities of ancient cultures.  He named the expedition and raft Kon-tiki in honor of the Inca God of the Sun God. The expedition successfully navigated and reached Asia and Polynesia and became internationally famous.

PERU TRAVEL explains that there is a “Millenary Peru” home of “Sacred cities and Sacred Sites”.  Machu Pichu seems to be only the tip of the iceberg, locations like Chauvin, Chan Chan, Caral, the Nazca Lines and Kuleap, as well as the entire archeological history of Pre-Inca and Inca culture may require re-writing to better suit the truth long gone of voices that still haunt the present days.