Incredible discovery in Peru: the chachapoya civilization re -driven under the Amazonian jungle with over 100 archaeological structures

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazonian foresta new chapter of pre -ispanic history has just opened: over 100 archaeological structures So far unknown have been identified on the site of Gran Pajaténone of the most fascinating complexes related to the mysterious civilization Chachapoya. This find, announced by World Monuments Fund (WMF)represents a significant leap in the research conducted in the region of San Martínwhere only 26 buildings on the site were known to date.

Chachapoya, also known as the “people of the nebula forest”, lived between the seventh and sixteenth centuries on Andean Altopians of the North-East Peruvianat quotas that touch 3000 meters. Their inheritance is visible in Urban centers developed, inaccessible funeral structures set in the cliffs e ceremonial buildings decorated with stone mosaics and Frisi Geometric.

Gran Pajatén was a crucial knot

The Grand Pajatén website was discovered in the 1960s, but it was only thanks to a research campaign between 2022 and 2024 that its true potential has emerged. With the use of cutting -edge technologies – like the air lidar, photogrammetry and manual topographical relief – scholars managed to penetrate the dense vegetation without damaging the environment, precisely mapping a complex that today appears as part of a articulated network of settlements.

The new discoveries show that Gran Pajatén was not an isolated site, but a crucial knot in a wider system, connected via Ancient pre -ispanic paths To other sites such as Playa, Papayas and Los Pinchudos. According to archaeologists, the presence of Chachapoya in this area would go back to at least the 14th century, if not before.

The protection guaranteed by the Río Abiseo National Park, declared UNESCO World Heritageallowed the conservation of these structures, which remained hidden for centuries under the vegetation. Today, thanks to the digital documentation produced by the WMF, the public can virtually explore this hidden treasure. A free exhibition at the De Arte de Lima Museum accompanies the discovery, offering an overview of one of the more fascinating and still partially unknown Andean-Amazonian cultures.