Huanuco Viejo Peru
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Huanuco Viejo also known as Huanuco Pampa or Huanuco Marca Peru was the ancient capital city of the Chinchaysuyu the Northern Inca territorial division of the Tawantinsuyo, a name by which the Incas referred to their whole territory or kingdom in their own language.
Huanuco Pampa or Huanuco Marca is probable a name with bases in the fact that in this locality were great abundance of Huanacos, they animals similar to the llama and alpacas but they can not be tamed as the others and run wild in that vast mountainous area.
Huanuco Viejo has an extension of about a kilometer long and close to 200 meters wide at the center is a trapezoidal building of excellent stone masonry with a ramp entrance, this emplacement is known by Ushno a popular name because it is thought to be an Inca castle.
This building disposition resembles an Egyptian solar temple of the Eleventh or twelve dynasties, a mastaba looking building with the main entrance at front like Mentuhotep II funerary temple at Deir el Bahri.
At the end of the ramp at each side of the entrance on top of the Ushno are four monkeys with lion face in pairs back to back adjoin by the tail instead of columns, for such reason there is no doubt it was a ceremonial and religious center.
Nevertheless also was an administrative place, taking advantage of the building height was possible and easy to supervise all the necessary deeds in upbringing the stock, trim procedures and commercialization of the Llamas or Alpacas wool as well control the Huanacos labor needs.
From an especial emplacement on top of the “Ushno” cam also be seen a series of trapezoidal door, they aligning with the sun raise in certain date that most likely indicates the time to shear the llamas and alpacas that were brought to the central plaza around this edification.
This fact denotes a great knowledge and concerning towards astronomy and advance construction techniques, meticulous planning and a superb design fallowing astronomical yearly movements.
At the farther Easter side of the ceremonial complex is a series of building with false doors and small niches and small sunken plazas as ritualistic ponds of water that show that this place was of great ritualistic importance, there are chronicles that tell that this place as even visited by the Inca who rested there for certain time.
There are also buildings that indicate that were reserved as residence only to certain important people either residents high rank, special visitors or king inspectors.
Huanuco Pampa or Huanuco Marca is probable a name with bases in the fact that in this locality were great abundance of Huanacos, they animals similar to the llama and alpacas but they can not be tamed as the others and run wild in that vast mountainous area.
Huanuco Viejo has an extension of about a kilometer long and close to 200 meters wide at the center is a trapezoidal building of excellent stone masonry with a ramp entrance, this emplacement is known by Ushno a popular name because it is thought to be an Inca castle.
This building disposition resembles an Egyptian solar temple of the Eleventh or twelve dynasties, a mastaba looking building with the main entrance at front like Mentuhotep II funerary temple at Deir el Bahri.
At the end of the ramp at each side of the entrance on top of the Ushno are four monkeys with lion face in pairs back to back adjoin by the tail instead of columns, for such reason there is no doubt it was a ceremonial and religious center.
Nevertheless also was an administrative place, taking advantage of the building height was possible and easy to supervise all the necessary deeds in upbringing the stock, trim procedures and commercialization of the Llamas or Alpacas wool as well control the Huanacos labor needs.
From an especial emplacement on top of the “Ushno” cam also be seen a series of trapezoidal door, they aligning with the sun raise in certain date that most likely indicates the time to shear the llamas and alpacas that were brought to the central plaza around this edification.
This fact denotes a great knowledge and concerning towards astronomy and advance construction techniques, meticulous planning and a superb design fallowing astronomical yearly movements.
At the farther Easter side of the ceremonial complex is a series of building with false doors and small niches and small sunken plazas as ritualistic ponds of water that show that this place was of great ritualistic importance, there are chronicles that tell that this place as even visited by the Inca who rested there for certain time.
There are also buildings that indicate that were reserved as residence only to certain important people either residents high rank, special visitors or king inspectors.
