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Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Structures Linked to a Mysterious Pre-Columbian Civilization in the Remote Peruvian Andes (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Researchers in Peru have announced the discovery of more than 100 previously unknown archaeological structures at Gran Pajatén, a pre-Columbian settlement in the remote reaches of the Andes Mountains.

Located roughly 300 miles north of Lima in Río Abiseo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Gran Pajatén complex contains remnants of the Chachapoya civilization, which thrived in the northeast Andes between the 9th and 16th centuries, until it was conquered by the Inca Empire.

Sites like Gran Pajatén—all but inaccessible to modern visitors and researchers because of its remote location, high altitude and dense foliage—helped earn the Chachapoya the nickname “Warriors of the Clouds” and resist Inca colonization for longer than other groups.

That remoteness has also contributed to an air of mystery around the Chachapoya civilization.

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