<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Título 1 Car";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Título 2 Car";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.Ttulo1Car
{mso-style-name:"Título 1 Car";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Título 1";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
span.Ttulo2Car
{mso-style-name:"Título 2 Car";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Título 2";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
p.privacy-policy-view, li.privacy-policy-view, div.privacy-policy-view
{mso-style-name:privacy-policy-view;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EstiloCorreo21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.menumodallabel
{mso-style-name:menumodal__label;}
span.contrast-letter
{mso-style-name:contrast-letter;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.byline-componentcontributors
{mso-style-name:byline-component__contributors;}
span.smartbodylead-in
{mso-style-name:smartbody__lead-in;}
span.z-PrincipiodelformularioCar
{mso-style-name:"z-Principio del formulario Car";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"z-Principio del formulario";
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
display:none;}
span.z-FinaldelformularioCar
{mso-style-name:"z-Final del formulario Car";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"z-Final del formulario";
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
display:none;}
span.mt-heading-indentedheader--preheading
{mso-style-name:mt-heading-indented__header--preheading;}
span.EstiloCorreo32
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Archaeologists are stumped why these
1,900-year-old Peruvians were buried with bonus body parts—in one case, with
two extra left legs.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ancient
Shark Fishermen Found Buried with Extra Limbs</span></b><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:2.25pt'>BY<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><span
class=byline-componentcontributors><a
href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/contributors/r/kristin-romey.html"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>KRISTIN ROMEY</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:2.25pt'>APRIL 13, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:2.25pt'>https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/peru-viru-ancient-shark-fishermen-archaeology/?beta=true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span class=smartbodylead-in><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;
text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.9pt'>DOZENS OF "VERY</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>unique"
ancient burials have been discovered on the northern Peruvian coast, many of which
appear to contain valuable metal objects, whimsical ceramic pots, and—in some
cases—additional human limbs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>According
to Victor Campaña, current director of the Las Lomas Rescue Project<u>, </u>more
than 50 burials belonging to the Virú culture have been discovered in the town
of Huanchaco, seven miles north of the regional capital of Trujillo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The burials
were uncovered during recent salvage excavations performed ahead of water and
sewage infrastructure work in the small seaside town.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The
little-known Virú culture, named for the Virú Valley which runs from the Andes
mountains to the Pacific, thrived in the area between A.D. 100 and 750, before
the <a href="https://www.ancient.eu/Moche_Civilization/"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>Moche</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>took
control of the region. Campaña's excavations have revealed a small coastal
settlement along with the burials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>“It’s a
complex little fishing village," he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>There's
particular complexity in many of the burials, Campaña adds, noting that around
30 of the 54 mostly adult burials appear to include not only complete
skeletons, but also additional body parts. Most of the bonus limbs appear to be
arms and legs. In one case, an adult was buried intact, along with two
additional left legs interred right beside the body.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>While more scientific analysis is needed to
determine the age and sex of the burials, a preliminary study indicates that
many sets of remains show evidence of trauma, including cut marks and
blunt-force injury. The individuals who had suffered trauma were also most
likely to have been buried with additional limbs, says Campaña.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Later Moche
burials often feature individuals buried with missing limbs, or with additional
complete sacrificial victims, notes Gabriel Prieto, scientific director of the
current rescue project in Huanchaco. However, the practice of burying the dead
with extra body parts is "very unique to Virú," he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>A similar practice was discovered in the
early 2000s with a much smaller set of Virú burials excavated at El Castillo
Santa, south of Trujillo, Prieto adds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>At this
time, the archaeologists can only speculate about the motivation behind the
unusual Virú burials. One suggestion is that the extra limbs may have served as
a sacrificial offering to accompany the dead to the afterlife. Additional lab
work will determine if there was any sort of relation between the individuals
buried and the owners of the additional body parts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>A Legacy of
Fishermen</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The Virú
burials also feature a variety of grave goods, including ceramic vessels
decorated with human faces and whimsical animal details, jewelry, and folded
copper sheets inserted into the mouths or the hands of the deceased. Among
Campaña's most interesting find so far is <u>a very large (four-inch-long)
copper fish hook wrapped with gold foil</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The size of
the hook is appropriate for snaring large fish and sharks, a practice with a
very long tradition in this northern Peruvian coastal region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>In 2010, Prieto discovered a 3,500-year-old<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www.peruviantimes.com/22/archaeologists-find-temple-used-by-ancient-shark-hunters/22544/"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>temple used by shark hunters</span></a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>in the Huanchaco area. Evidence for<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="https://festival.si.edu/2015/peru/crafts/reed-rafts/smithsonian"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>Caballitos de Totora</span></a>, reed boats still
used by the fishermen of Huanchaco to this day, goes back at least four
millennia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>José Ruiz
Vega, mayor of Huanchaco district, says he's proud to lead one of the last
towns in Peru with an ancient fishing tradition that has continued unbroken for
thousands of years to modern times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>He also
takes the frequent interruption of his infrastructure projects in stride, and
hopes to create a center that will highlight the resulting archaeological
finds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;
margin-left:0in;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt'>"A
museum for Huanchaco will [not only] represent an economic opportunity for the
locals to attract more tourists," Mayor Ruiz says, "but also an
important institution to educate our people, and to show them the amazing
treasures buried literally beneath their houses."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
<table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
<tr>
<td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" /></a></td>
<td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></body>
</html>