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Saturday, April 12, 2008
El sábado 15/12/2007 se inaugurará el Museo de Sitio en Huaca Chotuna – Chornancap. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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están estrechamente vinculados con la leyenda de Naylamp y el origen de una gran cultura.
www.elcomercio.com.pe/edicionimpresa/Html/2007-08-12/peru0768889.html
.: Museo Nacional Sicán :.- [ Translate this page ] en español
Museo, investigaciones, cultura, proyecto. Mapa, direcciones, historia, actividades, personal, galeria, souvenirs. Exhibición. |
El Proyecto ¦ Museo Nacional Sicán ¦ La Cultura Sicán ¦ Área de Dominación e Influencia de la Cultura Sicán ¦
Cronología Sicán ¦ Sicán Temprano ¦ Sicán Medio ¦ Metalurgia ¦ La sociedad Sicán y las clases sociales ¦ Sicán Tardío
http://www.muniferrenafe.gob.pe/mc_sican.htm
El Comercio: Los secretos del bosque de Pomac
Lo sensacional de este hallazgo es que uno de los cuchillos ceremoniales mide 35 centímetros y
tiene labrada la representación del dios Sicán o Naylamp sentado.
http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2006-11-21/imecnacional0618966.html
Infografia: www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Photo/pe-sicaninfo-211106.jpg
Aventura en Pómac 
.: Museo Nacional Sicán :.- [ Translate this page ] en español
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Lambayeque, inaugurated in march 2001, was opened on 3rd November 2001.
Introductory halls detail the historic development process of uses,
customs & activities of the Sicán (Lambayeque).
The Funeral Pattern Halls help appreciate replicas of tombs,
funerary clothing & ornaments of the common people & the dignatories.
The Ceramics Hall & Hall of Funerary Goods exhibit 200 gold pieces such
as the winged-eyed mask, crowns, necklaces among other precious ornaments
and a hundred ceramics.
An advanced multimedia audiovisual system takes us back 1300 years.
It is the most ambitious museum project in Latinamerica in the last 30 years,
& the first building exclusively purpose-built as a museum in Peru since the
Brüning Museum in Lambayeque.
The culture, project, character, metallurgy & history.
The Sicán (Lambayeque) culture developed in the middle valley of the Río La Leche
in the National Archaeological & Ecological Pomac Reserve in Batán Grande, in the
Province of Ferreñafe, Department of Lambayeque.
The Sicán territory extended from Sullana (Piura) to the Chicama Valley, near to Trujillo.
The name Sicán given to the Pomac bosque means ‘House of the Moon’ in the disappeared Muchik language.
A ceramic production centre 3,000 years old with technically efficient kilns, &
the initiation of copper-arsenic alloys were among technological discoveries.
The immense concentration Sicán foundries encountered in Cerro Huaringa
has no precedent in the New World.
Abundant algarrobo fuel enabled foundry temperatures of 1000-1100º centigrade
aided by the use of workers blowing through caña brava pipes.
The construction of foundries was preceded by complicated rituals involving offerings
of llama foetuses, indicating smelting was considered magic-religious.
Early Sicán (700-900AD), was followed by the most important Intermediate Period (900-1100AD),
when distinctive ideological & artistic styles were determined, there was
sophisticated technology, a theocratic state, elite burials developed &
long distance commerce is evidenced.
The Late Phase (1100-1375AD), marks the end of the culture conquered by the
powerful Chimú, whose capital was Chan Chan.
After 3 decades of systematic looting, the first archaeological project began in 1978
directed by Professor Izumi Shimada, an interdisciplinary & international team
(Peru, USA, Spain, UK, Germany, Hungary & Japan) of specialists in chemistry, geology,
conservation of artefacts, physical anthropology, Andean ethnography, ethnohistory,
paleobotany, zooarchaeology, conservation of textiles & others.
AOL Canada
The Gold Exhibition - Royal Tombs of Ancient Peru comes to the museum in January 2006
from its permanent location at Peru's Sican National Museum.
Included in the display are about 250 objects - crowns, masks, ear spools, head-dresses,
feather ornaments - crafted in gold by the Sican people, a pre-Incan coastal civilization
dating from about 900-1300....
travel.channels.aol.ca/travel/ article.adp?id=20050111150509990013 - 28k - Jan 16, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
Pre-Incan artefact among 28,000 artworks recovered in Italy
OnCampus: Gold of the Sican
... for the Canadian debut of The Gold Exhibition – Royal Tombs of Ancient Peru.
... It is very important that Peru showcase cultural treasures like these ...
www.ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/jan14-05/sican.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
www.rumbosdelperu.com
... Sican has only recently come to the attention of Peru and the world. The man
who uncovered the importance of Sican, Doctor Izumi Shimada, ...
www.rumbosdelperu.com/englishver/ed_ant/edit39/destinations_02.htm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages
International press
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tomb find reveals pre-Inca city 22/11/2006
The Sican culture flourished from approximately AD 800-1300, one of several metalworking societies which succumbed to drought and conquest. ... The latest dig was performed in conjunction with the Sican National Museum. ...
 20 pre-Inca tombs have been discovered in Peru, in what archaeologists say is one of the most important finds in years. 22 Nov 2006 |
knife photo http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42344000/jpg/_42344318_tumiafpgetty203.jpg
"Dig uncovers ancient Peruvian knives" – MSNBC
… unearthed 22 graves in northern Peru … including the first ‘’tumi’’
ceremonial knives ever discovered by archaeologists rather than looted by thieves.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15841249/ msn photo of tumi knife: http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061121/061121_peruKnife_vmed_5p.widec.jpg
IOL: Sican burial site found in Peru
Lima - A spectacular burial site of 20 tombs for the pre-Inca nobility of Sican was found in northern Peru, the archaeological expedition's Japanese leader ...
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1164142083932B216 - 63k - 20 Jan 2007 - Cached - Similar pages
SIUC anthropologist investigates remains of ancient Peruvians
http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall97/090997/peru.html
1997 article re: Shimada and Sicán project.
http://www.iran-daily.com/1383/2161/html/art.htm#29532 Brief article re: December 2004 return of mask from Italy to Peru
See also:
http://www.mirabilis.ca/archives/002422.html
... The graves belong to elite members of the Middle Sican culture, a gold-working people ... Among the findings are meticulously arranged human remains; gold, gilt copper, and bronze artifacts; and the first decorated tumi, or ceremonial knives, ever discovered by archaeologists at a burial site. |
Tumi en sitio: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/061127-peru-tombs_170.jpg
National Geographic Magazine @ nationalgeographic.com
''Peruvian Black Pottery Production and Metalworking: A Middle Sican Craft Workshop at Huaca Sialupe... 2002 National Geographic Society... |
AYMHM: Articles You May Have Missed--WN May 1994
"Precious Metal Objects of the Middle Sican" by Izumi Shimada and Jo Ann Griffin, National Geographic April 1994, p. 82-89. The Peruvian Sican culture ... |
Documentaries
Sican
Exploring the excavations and tombs of the Sican in the north of Peru, this documentary unravels the mysteries of this fascinating culture. ...
www.tbs.co.jp/eng/catalog/english/documentary/273.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
See also http://www.jamco.or.jp/english/library/documentary/people/dc289511.html for
Sican Culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sican Culture is the name archaeologists have given to a culture that predated the Inca in what is now the north coast of Peru between about 800-1300 AD. Known for their skills in metallurgy, they produced alloys of gold, silver and arsenic-copper in unprecedented scales in pre-Hispanic America.... The Sican were probably descendants of the Moche based on shared motifs in in their artifacts.... |
History World Timeline of prehispanic cultures http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa91
Archaeology & Museums
.: Museo Nacional Sicán :.- [ Translate this page ] en español
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Sican Culture Paragraph on Sicán culture
The Sican culture is the name archaeologists have given to one of several gold-working people who predated the Inca in what is now Peru between about ... |
Pre-Inca Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest. Artist´s impression & articles.
Pre-Inca Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest, Treasured Found. |
Museum Exhibitions
The Lord of Sicán in Canada
The Nickle Arts Museum of the University of Calgary displays exclusive exhibition of ancient Peru
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Thanks to the collaboration of Peru's National Institute of Culture and the support of the Canadian Embassy in Lima, the Nickle Arts Museum of the University of Calgary (Alberta) is presenting "Ancient Peru Unearthed, Golden Treasures of a Lost Civilization." This is the Sicán exhibition's first visit to North America.
"This is a very unique collection that will appeal to everyone," says Colleen Sharpe, the exhibition coordinator from the Nickle Arts Museum. "People will be attracted by the sheer beauty of the gold pieces themselves, but also by the mystery behind the people who crafted them - the Sicán of northern Peru." The Sicáns date from about 900-1300 AD, before the rise of the Incas. http://geo.international.gc.ca/latin-america/peru/whats_new/default-en.asp?id=8473
Peruvian gold show to tour Canada after Calgary debut
- The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, January 6, 2006 – April 1, 2006
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C., May 2006 – October 2006
- Musée de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, November 2006 – January 2007
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, March 2007 – August 2007
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario, December 2007 – May 2008
http://www.ucalgary.ca/mp2003/news/june05/peruvian-gold.html
On Campus: Gold of the Sican
Included in the exhibit are crowns, masks, ear spools, head-dresses, feather ornaments and much more – all expertly crafted in gold by the Sicán people, ...
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Photo: http://www.ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/jan14-05/LargeMask.jpg
Ancient Peru Unearthed: Exhibition results from unique ...
He has helped bring South American archaeology students to study in Canada and students from the U of C have visited the Sicán Archaeological Project, ...
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View more photos from the exhibition Set to open January 6, 2006 – April 1, 2006