ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE MAYO RIVER BASIN, MOYOBAMBA, SAN MARTIN

Authors

  • Pieter van Dalen Luna Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
  • Cirilo Cornejo Condeña Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica, Perú.
  • Gina Alarcón Huarac Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/arqueolsoc.2013n26.e12395

Keywords:

Archaeology, Moyobamba, Amazon, San Martin, Mayo River.

Abstract

We present the results of the research conducted in the middle basin of the Mayo river, Moyobamba district, department of San Martin. Its a region that has had different cultural periods socio-political developments in other Andean and Amazonian. Its location between the department of Amazonas and the Amazon low (Tarapoto and Loreto), has been a point of transit in the interactions occurring between the two regions, amalgamated by a complex trade network. From research conducted in 2008 and 2009 identified a total of 25 archaeological sites, sites composed mostly of ceramic dispersion and small enclosures oval plan of Andean influence. The results of these investigations show a greater approach to understanding societies that inhabited these lands before the Spanish invasion.

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Published

2013-12-30

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES

How to Cite

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE MAYO RIVER BASIN, MOYOBAMBA, SAN MARTIN. (2013). Arqueología Y Sociedad, 26, 207-228. https://doi.org/10.15381/arqueolsoc.2013n26.e12395