Ancient Desert Markings Imaged From Orbit: Visible from ESA's Proba spacecraft 600 kilometres away in space are the largest of the many Nasca Lines; ancient desert markings now at risk from human encroachment as well as flood events feared to be increasing in frequency.
Ancient Inca Road in Desperate Need of Protection: A preliminary study of the ancient highland road that linked the Inca Empire from southern Colombia to Central Chile, found that only 5 percent of the 8,500 km route is under some form of protection, and large sections of it have been lost entirely.
Archaeology of Peru: Site centers on the archaeology of complex societies in Latin America and Andean South America and focuses upon the study of how the Tiwanaku civilization expanded from the lake Titicaca region to control much of the southern Andes.
Beringa 2001 Bioarchaeology Project: An archaeology excavation aimed at recovering human skeletal remains and the associated cultural material so we may better understand the health status and lifeways of this valley's past inhabitants.
Bruce Owen's Archaeology Research in Peru: Picture gallery of archaeological ceramics. Selections from archaeological research papers by Bruce Owen, Ph.D. Anthropology, UCLA. Full browse able text, abstracts, references, and selected graphics presented at academic conferences.
Buena Vista Archaeological Project - University of Missouri: Provides a background of field work conducted in Chillon Valley, Peru. Includes images from 2003 and 2004 excavations and a profile of the project director.
Chachapoya - Warriors of the Clouds: Pictures, text excerpts, and advertisement by Keith Muscutt, author of a book on the ancient Chachapoya of Peru.
Colca Valley Regional Survey: This site describes the in-progress activities and preliminary findings of a systematic archaeological survey of the central portion of the Colca Valley and surrounding uplands of southern Peru
Conservation Archaeology at Los Pinchudos, Peru: Describes the archaeology of the Chachapoya cliff tombs known as Los Pinchudos, and the emergency conservation performed there in 2000. Includes images of architecture, sculptures, and pottery.
Early Ceramic Settlement in the Coastal Osmore Valley: Preliminary Report: Paper by Bruce Owen which reports on systematic site survey in two early ceramic domestic and mortuary sites to clarify patterns of subsistence, settlement, mortuary practices, regional cultural affiliations, and chronology in the coastal Osmore valley.
Explorers Rediscover Inca City: From MSNBC, using infrared aerial photography to penetrate the forest canopy, the team led by Briton Hugh Thomson and American Gary Zeigler located the ruins at Llactapata, 50 miles northwest of the ancient Inca capital Cusco.
First City in the New World?: From Smithsonian Magazine, excavations at Peru's Caral site suggest cities appeared in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed.
Five Mummified Skulls Found in Peru Mail: From Guardian Unlimited, Peruvian customs agents opening suspicious packages found five ancient skulls from a pre-Inca culture that someone tried to mail to California
Huaca del Moche: Essay on verious aspects of the Moche. Links, bibliography, terminology.
Huacas del Sol y la Luna, Moche Culture: Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.
Ice Treasures of the Inca: National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.
Inca Mummies: From National Geographic, images, articles, and links.
Inca Trail and Machu Picchu: A virtual tour of the Inca Trail, complete with photographs and an interactive map.
Inca Wall Falls for 'Archaeologist' Hotel: ABC News includes a brief article about destruction of an ancient wall in Cusco.
Inca's stone fitting: A theory on how the Incas could have efficiently cut a stone (still on the ground) to fit perfectlty in a hole in a wall under construction
Inside the Royal Tombs of the Moche: Moche ruins are located in river valleys of Northern Peru. These centers flourished until c.1000 C.E., when the Moche abruptly vanished.
Jewelry Repatriated: Precolumbian gold and turquoise jewelry once for sale at Sotheby's has been returned to Peru.
Mass Human Sacrifice Unearthed in Peru: From the New Scientist, ancient sacrificed remains of 200 fishermen have been excavated from a beach in Peru.
Mummy Trove Found in Peru: From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.
NOVA : Ice Mummies of the Inca: NOVA Online presents an expedition to Peru in search of Incan mummies on Mt. Sara Sara.
Pachacamac Archaeological Project: This site describes the ongoing archaeological research project at the site of Pachacamac, the precolumbian religious center, led by Izumi Shimada, Rafael Segura and Maria Rostworowski
Paloma World: An interactive tour of the Paloma site in western Peru, including a virtual dig and excavation databases.
Projet Ychsma - Ychsma Project: This site describes the ongoing Ychsma Project, led by Peter Eeckhout, which has carried out archaeological field research at the site of Pachacamac, Peru.
Pukara Domestic Architecture Research Project: Describes the archaeological research led by Elizabeth Klarich at the highland Peruvian center of Pukara.
Save Ollanta: The famous Inca settlement of Ollantaytambo, Peru, is in imminent danger from a new highway project that would destroy Inca agricultural terraces.
The Ruins on the Inca Trail: Brief notes on the main archaeological sites: Llaqtapata, Runkuraqay, Sayaqmarka, Inca Tunnel, Phuyupatamarka, Intipata, Wiñawayna, Intipunku, Machu Picchu. With photographs.