MR WARI By Antonio Zapata
weeks ago, an excavation of the Culture of Cusco gave birth to a major archaeological find. It is intact mummy of a local lord of the Wari empire. The location is strange, is at Espiritu Pampa, an area of \u200b\u200bVilcabamba where Manco Inca refuge and which is usually considered as the "last refuge of the Incas." It would not be such, but a site built early in the Wari imperial history Tawantinsuyu that existed between 650-1100 AD
Wari was not known before. Schooling Tiahuanacu talked, because based on Max Uhle, who thought this site plateau as head of the Andean political education developed before the Incas. But, then rediscovered the great city on the outskirts of Ayacucho. There was Julio C. Tello and then the American archaeologist John Rowe, who formulated the theory of horizons, which today commands the timeline of pre-Hispanic era.
That theory posits that three horizons: Chavin, Wari and Inca. In the middle two periods are called "intermediate." In these, the power would have disintegrated into regional domains. But the horizon is imposed centralization. During Chavin, thanks to religion and a network of priests. But both Wari and Inca empires were ruled by a political elite and military, who subordinated everything ancient Peru.
In that sense, establishes the Andean pattern Wari state power. While Tawantinsuyu short-lived, less than one hundred years and was in full swing when he was interrupted by the European invasion. Therefore, Wari is the political history of a government panperuano.
During 1960, Luis Guillermo Lumbreras Ayacucho thesis prepared to host the first Andean empire. At that time, worked at the University of Huamanga, which took into their own hands record. Later, Enrique González Carré excavated a small area of \u200b\u200bthe huge capital Wari, finding the Main Temple, which is all open to visitors.
The great city is known to be buried and contains remains magnificent, capable of transforming into a new capital Ayacucho Archaeological. In the past decade, major excavations on the north coast have increased the archaeological interest in this region. Behind the specialists come from tourists, both domestic and foreign. Lambayeque five-class museums tourism has been redirected to the region. Meanwhile, Ayacucho remains paralyzed. However, Wari is to feet. Now begins a new regional government, it would be interesting to channel resources to an excavation of the archaeological capital intensive.
The idea is simple. If in a jungle province appears a local lord of the importance of the found in Vilcabamba, in the capital must be the remains of kings and their funerary monuments. That is, several treasures lie buried in Ayacucho and discover no one invests seriously.
back to the Lord of Vilcabamba, the importance necessary to reconsider the relationship between Cusco and Ayacucho in the pre-Columbian era. The first rule would have been very present, in the heart and in the provinces of Cusco. Wari city of Pikillacta, Cusco miles just today, and this Lord who is also Wari, Ayacucho domain point to the area. Cusco
Perhaps there was a great defeat to their former sovereign Ayacucho. The Inca Pachacutec would have ended a long historical cycle of fighting, making the final submission of the Chanca, last exponents of the old tradition Wari state.
