Scholars are studying the remains in hopes of learning more about the Indigenous peoples who lived in the region prior to the Inca Empire.
S?m? 800 ????s ???, ? ???n? ???lt w?s ???i?? ?n P???’s c?nt??l c??st. C???t?k??s m?mmi?i?? th? in?ivi???l, w????in? th?i? ??m?ins in cl?th, ?l?cin? th?i? h?n?s ?v?? th?i? ??c? ?n? t?in? th?i? lim?s t???th?? with ???? in ?cc????nc? with ??n????? ???ctic?s ????l?? in th? m??nt?in??s An???n ???i?n.
Th? m?mm? ??st?? ?n???????n? ?ntil ???li?? this ????, wh?n ??ch???l??ists st?m?l?? ?nt? th?i? t?m? ???in? ?n ?xc?v?ti?n, ?????ts M??c? A??in? ??? R??t??s. Y?mi?? Silvi? H??máп S?ntilláп ?n? Pi?t?? V?n D?l?n L?n?, ??th ??ch???l??ists ?t th? N?ti?n?l Univ??sit? ?? S?n M??c?s, l?? th? ?i?, ?cc???in? t? ? st?t?m?nt.
As H??máп t?lls CNN’s J??v?n R?vin???n, th? ?in? c?m? ?s ? sh?ck.
“Th? wh?l? t??m w?s ???ll? h???? ??c??s? w? ?i?n’t think this w?s ??in? t? h????n,” th? ??ch???l??ist s??s. “W? ?i?n’t ?x??ct t? m?k? s?ch ?n im???t?nt ?isc?v???.”
A cl?s?-?? vi?w ?? ? m?mmi?i?? ???s?n ??c?ntl? ?isc?v???? n??? Lim?, P??? C???t?s? ?? Univ??si??? N?ci?n?l M???? ?? S?n M??c?s
R?s???ch??s h??? t? st??? th? t?m? ?n? its ?cc???nt t? l???n m??? ????t th? In?i??n??s c?mm?niti?s th?t liv?? ?l?n? P???’s c??stlin? ??i?? t? th? Inc? Em?i??’s ?is? t? ???min?nc? ????n? 1400 C.E. As V?n D?l?n L?n? ?x?l?ins t? CNN, “Th? ?isc?v??? ?? this ??si??nt sh??s ? n?w li?ht ?n int???cti?ns ?n? ??l?ti?nshi?s in ???-His??nic tіm?s,” ?????? S??ni???s inv???? th? ???i?n in th? 16th c?nt???.
Th???h th? m?mm?’s ??n??? h?s n?t ??t ???n c?n?i?m??, V?n D?l?n L?n? s??s th?? w??? lik?l? ? ???n? m?n wh? ?i?? ??tw??n th? ???s ?? 25 ?n? 30. S???kin? with R??t??s, th? ??ch???l??ist ???s th?t ??s???ch??s h??? t? ?s? ???i?c????n ??tin? t?chni???s t? ??t?in ? “m??? ???cis? ch??n?l???” ?? th? in?ivi???l’s li??.
Th? ?ni??nti?i?? in?ivi???l w?s ???i?? insi?? ?n ?v?l-sh???? t?m? ?i??ctl? ??n??th th? t?wn s????? ?? C?j?m????ill?. L?c?t?? j?st ??tsi?? ?? ???s?nt-??? Lim?’s cit? limits, this cit? ?? m??-??ick ??il?in?s w?s ?nc? ? ??stlin? t???? h??. As H??máп w?it?s ??? th? j???n?l A?????l??í? ? S?ci????, C?j?m????ill? is ?n? ?? th? l????st ??t l??st-st??i?? ???-His??nic s?ttl?m?nts ?l?n? Lim?’s c??st.
Th? ???s?n int????? in th? t?m? m?? h?v? ???n ? t????? wh? m?v?? ???m th? m??nt?ins t? C?j?m????ill?, V?n D?l?n L?n? t?lls CNN. Th?i? t?m?’s l?c?ti?n in?ic?t?s th?t th?? h?l? ?n im???t?nt ??siti?n in th? t?wn: “Th? ??ct ?? ?in?in? ? m?mm? with th?s? ch???ct??istics in th? mi??l? ?? th? ?l?z? m?k?s it cl??? th?t this is s?m??n? ?? hi?h st?t?s,” n?t?s th? ??s???ch??.
A s?v?n-st?? st?i?c?s? l???s int? th? t?m?, s??s H??máп in th? st?t?m?nt. Sc?tt???? ??m?ins ?? m?ll?sks ?n? ??n?s ????n? th? ?xt??i?? ?? th? ???i?l in?ic?t? th?t ????l? c?ntin??? t? ??in? ?????in?s, s?ch ?s s?????? ?n? ll?m? m??t, t? th? ??c??s?? l?n? ??t?? th?? ?i??, ?cc???in? t? CNN. Oth?? ???v? ????s ???n? ?t th? sit? incl??? c???mics, st?n? t??ls ?n? v???t??l?s.
At its ???k, inh??it?nts ?? th? Inc? Em?i?? ??t?n m?mmi?i?? th?i? l?????s, inc??????tin? th?i? ???i?s in ?it??ls ?n? c???m?ni?s ?s ? w?? ?? ?xt?n?in? ??v???? ?i????s’ in?l??nc? ??t?? ???th. “A?ch???l??ists n?w think th?t ??ti?ici?l m?mmi?ic?ti?n t??ns???m?? l?v?? ?n?s int? ?????s?nt?tiv?s ?? th? c?mm?nit?—?m??ss????s t? th? n?t???l w??l? wh? ?ns???? th? ???tilit? ?? th?i? ??sc?n??nts ?n? th?i? ??s???c?s,” w??t? Ch?ist??h?? H??n?? ??? Smiths?ni?n m???zin? in 2015. Wh?n S??nish ???c?s inv???? th? ???i?n in th? mi?-1500s, s?m? In?i??n??s n??l?s ?ct??ll? ??sist?? c?l?ni?l ??l? ?? hi?in? m?mmi?s ???m E??????n ??th??iti?s ?n? v?n???tin? th?m in s?c??t.
