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PE 186 images Created 18 May 2021

PE - Peru - Pre-Inca Mummies
Description: Discovery of first unlooted pre-Inca tomb on the side of a cliff in the Amazon cloud forests. Horse trekking and archaeology to the Chachapoyas region, Peru for Nat Geo Adventure and two followup assignments for NGM. (film)
Details: Photos captured in Peru from 1999 to 2002 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • Welcome sign at airport, Chachapoyas.
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  • A woman admires a butterfly in the cloud forest.
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  • Horse packing in cloud forest above Mangalpa.
    PE 0249.jpg
  • PERU, Trekking. Dog endures drizzle during bivouac camp for eco-travel group in "halca" grasslands atop a pass near Chachapoyas.
    PE 0301.jpg
  • Horsemen load up at bivouac camp on first pass.
    PE 0321.jpg
  • Foggy morning at bivouac camp on first pass.
    PE 0334.jpg
  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie rides rides a sturdy mule in a fogbank high in the Cordillera Central, Amazonas District, Peru.
    PE 0343.jpg
  • Hikers in fog above Mangalpa.
    PE 0357.jpg
  • Rider in fog above Mangalpa (Jamey Binneveld (MR))
    PE 0363.jpg
  • PERU. Horseman in fog above Mangalpa village in Cordillera Central near Chachapoyas. Andes Mountains.
    PE 0382.jpg
  • Riders pass between agave plants in the Amazon cloud forest near Chachapoyas, Peru.
    PE 0413.jpg
  • Riders descend through cloud forest above Chuylon, Peru, in the Amazonas District.
    PE 0426.jpg
  • View down Rio Pindoc valley from above Chuylon.
    PE 0439.jpg
  • Wildflowers bloom in the Cordillera Central, Peru.
    PE 0446.jpg
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  • Fog hovers over a tiled roof in Chuylon, a villages in the cloud forests of Peru's Cordillera Central.
    PE 0478.jpg
  • Villager in Chuylon.
    PE 0481.jpg
  • A family watches in curiosity as the first-ever tourists visit their village of Yamblon in Peru's Cordillera Central.
    PE 0496.jpg
  • A grandmother carries her grandson as they watch the first-ever "gringo" tourists to visit Yamblon, Peru.
    PE 0504.jpg
  • Tourists on horses cross a high bridge over a stream in the Cordillera Central, Amazona District, Peru.
    PE 0547.jpg
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  • Senor Richard Rey Cotrima, a village leader in Yamblon, Peru, rears his horse in the village common area.
    PE 0624.jpg
  • Senor Richard Rey Cotrima, el presidente de la fiesta in Yamblon, Peru, taks with his son who is sitting on a horse.
    PE 0632.jpg
  • A youngster rides a horse Yamblon, Peru.
    PE 0633.jpg
  • Yamblon village.
    PE 0670.jpg
  • PERU, Village musicians in Yamblon village near Chachapoyas.
    PE 0714.jpg
  • An archaeologist inspects an ancient Chachapoyan circular house.  at Talape, Peru.
    PE 0811.jpg
  • Dr. Peter Lerche inspects ruins of ancient Chachapoyan circular house at Talape.
    PE 0812.jpg
  • Dr. Peter Lerche inspects ruins of ancient Chachapoyan circular house at Talape.
    PE 0817.jpg
  • Dr. Peter Lerche inspects ruins of ancient Chachapoyan circular house at Talape.
    PE 0820.jpg
  • Fungi growing on tree in upper Amazon cloud forest.
    PE 0824.jpg
  • Horse man reties load on trail to Mt. Shubet.
    PE 0940.jpg
  • Trail to Mt. Shubet. Mt. Shubet bkg.
    PE 0991.jpg
  • A Peruvian villager stands on sunset-lit slopes of Mount Shubet.
    PE 1016.jpg
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  • Hikers survey view from Mt. Shubet.
    PE 1147.jpg
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  • Ancient Chachapoyan petroglyph on Mt. Shubet. (points north)
    PE 1174.jpg
  • Ancient Chachapoyan petroglyph on Mt. Shubet, (points north).
    PE 1182.jpg
  • An  trekker looks at a Chachapoyan snake petroglyph atop Mount Shubet.
    PE 1186.jpg
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  • PERU. Peruvian guides survey view from Mount Shubet.
    PE 1246.jpg
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  • Group rappels down Mt. Shubet.
    PE 1267.jpg
  • Trail down from Mt. Shubet.
    PE 1316.jpg
  • Stone wall at Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap pre-dates the Inca.
    PE 1514.jpg
  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1517.jpg
  • A traveler stands by fortress walls at Kuelap, a pre-Inca stronghold.
    PE 1520.jpg
  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1529.jpg
  • Stone walls of Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap pre-date the Inca.
    PE 1580.jpg
  • Rock patterns, possibly symbolizing jaguar eyes, adorn a wall at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
    PE 1598.jpg
  • Travelers explore below fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1607.jpg
  • A reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, in northern Peru's Cordillera Central, hints at the lifestyle in this ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1615.jpg
  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, an ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1622.jpg
  • A rock carving of a face adorns the cornerstone of a temple at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture in Peru's Cordillera Central.
    PE 1630.jpg
  • Bromeliads on tree at Cuelap.
    PE 1655.jpg
  • An agave plant grows in cloud forests above the Amazon.
    PE 1659.jpg
  • Entrance to huge Chachapoyan fort, predating Peru's Inca culture.
    PE 1663.jpg
  • Tourist police keep watch at ancient Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap.
    PE 1675.jpg
  • Travelers in Peru's Cordillera Central stand below a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1676.jpg
  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
    PE 1710.jpg
  • Village woman spins wool.
    PE 1721.jpg
  • Agave plant.
    PE 1722.jpg
  • A dirt road switchbacks above a canyon draining into the Amazon.
    PE 1911.jpg
  • Unamen Villag near Bolivar, in cloud forests of northern Andes.
    PE 1935.jpg
  • PERU. Youngster in Unamen village,  Cordillera Central region of Andes.
    PE 1948.jpg
  • Maximilliano, a horseman from Unamen rests in Cordillera Central.
    PE 2018.jpg
  • A horseman descends a foggy trail through "halka" grasslands.
    PE 2047.jpg
  • Dr. Peter Lerche at ruin, Incapirca.
    PE 2064.jpg
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  • Homesteaders travel to town from cloud forest of upper Amazon.
    PE 2112.jpg
  • Homesteader from Amazon cloud forests enroute to market in Bolivar.
    PE 2119.jpg
  • A horseman descends a muddy trail through "halka" grasslands.
    PE 2132.jpg
  • A dog watches warily as pack horses wallow in deep mud en route to an Incan burial site in the cloud forests of Peru's Condillera Central.
    PE 2155.jpg
  • PERU, Horsemen pull pack animals back onto jungle trail in upper Amazon cloud forests during archaeology expedition to pre-Incan tomb.
    PE 2167.jpg
  • Rugged trail in upper Amazon cloud forest near Bolivar.
    PE 2192.jpg
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  • Archeologists enroute to pre-Incan tomb through northern cloud forests (Chachapoyan culture).
    PE 2251.jpg
  • En route to an Incan burial site, archaeologists hike along the Yonan River in the upper Amazon cloud forests of Peru's Cordillera Central.
    PE 2255.jpg
  • A trekker rinses her hands in the Yonan River in the upper Amazon cloud forests of Peru's Cordillera Central.
    PE 2268.jpg
  • Homesteader in cloud forests of upper Amazon.
    PE 2303.jpg
  • A homesteader's rooster crows in a deforested Amazon cloud forest.
    PE 2327.jpg
  • A rooster patrols its territory on a homestead in the upper Amazon cloud forests of Peru.
    PE 2330.jpg
  • Homesteader in cloud forests of upper Amazon repairs fenc.
    PE 2349.jpg
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  • Climbing lesson for local officials supervising cliffside archaeological project in search of Chachapoyan tombs.
    PE 2409.jpg
  • Jungle flies on hand of worker holding lime for coca powder.
    PE 2467.jpg
  • Coca lavs & lime container, used for stimulant by workers in highlands.
    PE 2470.jpg
  • PERU, Archaeology. Pre-Incan (Chachapoyan) tomb on cliff above Huabayacu River in upper cloud forests of Amazon basin near Leymebamba.
    PE 2511.jpg
  • Cloud forest clings to upper Amazon cliffs above Rio Huabayacu.
    PE 2566.jpg
  • PERU,  John Catto (MR), hacks through upper Amazon cloud forest enroute to cliff-side Chachapoyan (pre-Incan) tomb above Huabayacu River.
    PE 2678.jpg
  • Fog hangs above a cloud forest in the upper Amazon Basin.
    PE 2708.jpg
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  • PERU.  John Catto (MR), hacks through upper Amazon cloud forest enroute to pre-Incan tomb above Rio Huabayacu.
    PE 2751.jpg
  • PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY. John Catto (MR), hacks through upper Amazon cloud forest en route to cliff-side, pre-Incan tomb.
    PE 2756.jpg
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