Nowhere has a larger number of trophy heads been found than on the south coast of Peru and in particular dating to the Nasca culture (AD 1-750). A central debate regarding this practice is whether trophy heads were taken during warfare as trophies, or taken in other contexts and used in rituals such as ceremonies involving fertility and regeneration or in honor of the ancestors. Despite the frequency of trophy head depictions in Nasca art, and their discovery in various archaeological contexts, few examples have been found of decapitated bodies and their mortuary treatment. A decapitated individual was found at the site of La Tiza and sheds more light on the practice of trophy head taking. This Middle Nasca individual was carefully buried with a head jar and placed next to early habitation and burials. Strontium isotopic analysis has revealed that this person was from the local region an...

The Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and its Research Institute IIGEO, through fulfilling their vision, mission and social responsibility, are co-relating institutional efforts with local governments through framework and specific agreements, such as in the case of the Municipality of Lacabamba. Through this article we show how the sharing research of a multidisciplinary and local population team allowed the carrying out of the agreed strategic planning, the identification of the projects portfolio, citizen’s consultancy, participative budget, projects profile, local participants’ capacities strengthening, among several other deliverable items. The “Adaptation of a waste waters treatment system in the Urban Community of Lacabamba, Ancash Region, Peru, through the use of artificial Damp Areas Technologies” project was particularly planned anperformed. This project allowed ...

The Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and its Research Institute IIGEO, through fulfilling their vision, mission and social responsibility, are co-relating institutional efforts with local governments through framework and specific agreements, such as in the case of the Municipality of Lacabamba. Through this article we show how the sharing research of a multidisciplinary and local population team allowed the carrying out of the agreed strategic planning, the identification of the projects portfolio, citizen’s consultancy, participative budget, projects profile, local participants’ capacities strengthening, among several other deliverable items. The “Adaptation of a waste waters treatment system in the Urban Community of Lacabamba, Ancash Region, Peru, through the use of artificial Damp Areas Technologies” project was particularly planned anperformed. This project allowed ...