Uncovering the secrets of Ichic Willcahuain

The Ichic Willcahuain complex (700 AC), located in an area where the Chavin Culture once flourished, may have been built under the influence of the Wari Culture, from the distant Ayacucho Region. This fact may have encouraged its inhabitants to change their burial customs, since these differ from the Chavin funeral traditions, which were subterranean and not in burial chambers. The archaeological site is four miles northeast from Huaraz in the region of Ancash.

Archaeologists have found textiles, ceramics, and other objects that may help tell the story of the people that live in Ichic Willcahuain. Among the buildings discovered are the “chulpas,” burial chambers that may have been built for the elite as mausoleums.

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