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    represented by three major huacas. The Huaca Prieta mound dates back to the preceramic times. Huaca Cortada and Huaca Cao Viejo (the largest) are stepped...
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    to Huacas. Location of the Lady of Cao (Wikimapia) www.huacas.com Sun and Moon Official Project information Huaca del Sol placemarks Google Earth .kmz...
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    Chimú. Huaca El Brujo (or Cortada/Partida) and Huaca Cao Viejo (or Huaca Blanca) were built by the Moche sometime between 1 and 600 AD. Huaca Cao Viejo is...
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    In 2005, a mummified Moche woman known as the Lady of Cao was discovered at the Huaca Cao Viejo, part of the El Brujo archaeological site on the outskirts...
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    the Moche people of northern Peru. Along with the Huaca del Sol, the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche, which is the remains of an ancient Moche...
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    Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) is a great adobe...
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    Chenque I near Lihue Calel National Park Angostura I in Patagonia Huaca Cao Viejo, part of the El Brujo Complex In the Andes, dogs and other canids were...
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    Huaca Prieta is the site of a prehistoric settlement beside the Pacific Ocean in the Chicama Valley, just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru...
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    the Huaca de la Luna site, Peru, 100–700 AD. A Moche mural of a decapitator from the Huaca de la Luna site, Peru, 100–700 AD. Mural in Huaca Cao Viejo, in...
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    the Huaca de la Luna site, Peru, 100–700 AD. A Moche mural of a decapitator from the Huaca de la Luna site, Peru, 100–700 AD. Mural in Huaca Cao Viejo, Peru...
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