Thursday, 28 August 2014
In the morning I went to another archaeological site named Huaca Pucllana, it is a temple built by the Lima people about 1,500 years ago. It is a temple built for the sea and the moon, which are feminine representations. The sun is masculine, that was Pachacamac yesterday. This temple served as an important administrative and ceremonial centre for the Lima society.
The temple is made from small, handmade, sun dried bricks and was built in such a way to withstand earthquakes. The structure is surrounded by a plaza that borders the outer limits, and by a large structured wall dividing it into 2 separate sections. In one section there were evidence of deep pits where offerings were made to the gods. The other section is the administrative area, where bricks were made and plants were grown in the garden. At the brick making area, there is a footprint which the guide told us was an original footprint of a Lima person, most probably a man! So exciting! It is small because apparently they were small sized people. I find the people of Ecuador and Peru small in stature, maybe even smaller than Asians.
In those days, the Lima society grew potatoes, chillies, beans, tomatoes and various other vegetables for consumption, cotton for clothes, and they also reared alpacas and llamas for clothes as well as for meat. They also kept dogs as pets, it is a Peruvian hairless dog. It's temperature is quite high, about 41 degrees Celcius and it is believed that if you touch it can heal you. So I touched one. So odd, without fur. But it didn't work, I actually feel a flu coming on due to the constant cold weather.
Then goodbye Lima! I took the 2.00 pm bus to Paracas and reached here about 6.30 pm.
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