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Complejo Arqueológico El Brujo
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Mochica Culture
(El Brujo Archaeological Complex): Located in Magdalena del Cao, 60 Km (37
miles) from Trujillo, in the Chicama Valley (1 hour and 15 minutes by car). It
is formed by the three following constructions: Huaca Prieta, Huaca Cao and
Huaca Cortada. Researchers have found signs of occupation since the pre-ceramic
period (5,000 years ago). The most outstanding edifice is the huge adobe pyramid
(sacrifice wall) 30 meters / 98 feet high on the walls of which the Mochicas
molded extremely rich iconography. The most famous image is the “Head
Slaughterer”, one of the most important polychromatic friezes. The figure of the
slaughterer is also to be found in the ritual scenes represented on the pottery.
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