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I had the pleasure of doing tree work for some missionaries who worked with a Quechua dialect in Ayachucho, Peru back 
. A day later the wife called me up and said she had found a few arrowheads from the Wari culture and would I like to see them. When I got there I was blown away...
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The Wari were a pre Incan culture (500 to 1000 AD) who were eventually conquered by the Incas.
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Some of the pottery was found in their own yard when they were plowing or digging.
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I found a few pieces fit back together and they gave it to me. ๐
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Wow. Crazy stuff. Nice post.Central OhioComment
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This figure was plowed up when they hired a local to plow a new garden area with a mule. Unfortunately, they didn't have Hal there to find all of the pieces. ๐
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I spy...
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HI. N W Kapper. Some great artifacts you are showing us today. I'm sure it was a great experience to have a chance to work in your profession in Peru and while doing work for the missionaries being able to come across artifacts such as these. It's a good story and some really dandy artifacts.Comment
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Your childhood spent growing up in Peru was surely different than most members of our forum. I'm surely you are fluent in Spanish. Did you ever learn to speak any Quechua? The language is alive and doing well. I've long wished I could have spent some time visiting in Peru and Ecuador to visit many of the Inca sites. I visited 9 Mayan sites in Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras while I was sailing after retirement. My plan was to sail to Panama and put my boat in a marina at Bocas del Toro, take a bus to Panama City and then fly there and spend a few weeks but time ran out on me. -
I speak a little Spanish, but I lived in the jungle. The Quechua live in the mountains mostly. My father was a pilot who flew missionaries all over Peru.
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I have so many photos of the Mayan sites I visited that I would not know where to begin. I also went to an excellent museum in Guatemala City. Of the many sites I visited ( Chitzen Itsa, Copan, Tulum, etc.) Tikal was much more impressive than the others. It is huge and has so man pyramids and other structures plus many that are still covered by vegetation. Lots of wildlife to see there as well.
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Awesome stuffโฆ. You been holding out on us.
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Good stuff, thanks for showing !2ET703 South Central TexasComment
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Those are incredible!South CarolinaComment
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Super chance to see what other cultures made, vivid colors...Love em all especially the octopus.. thanks for sharing Caleb.๐๐บ๐ธ๐Floridaboy.Comment
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I thought the octopus was a portrayal of the sun. The Incas worshiped the sun god whom they called Tumi. Tumi is depicted very different though and I'm not sure if the Wari worshiped the sun too. Time for more research. ๐ -
You know what Hal, the more I look at it, the more I think it might be a giant squid. ๐ค๐ -
I believe they were sun worshipers..Temples around here were set up facing .the sun...Now I hafta look up difference between squid and octopus..๐..๐๐บ๐ธ๐
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