Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Cumbe Mayo

Location

Peruvian city of Cajamarca

Country

peru

Year of Research

1500 B.C

Culture

Cumbe Mayo lies about the 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the Peruvian city of the Cajamarca.

It is located at an elevation of approximately 11,000 feet 3,300 meters . The location is well known for the ruins of a Pre Columbian aqueduct enlargement of approximately five miles in length.

The passage collected water from the Atlantic watershed and redirected it on its way to the Pacific Ocean.

It have been constructed around 1500 B.C.once it was thought to be the oldest present man made structure in South America.

The name Cumbe Mayo may be extended from a Quechua phrase, kumpi mayu, meaning well made water channel, or humpi mayo, meaning thin river.

There are a numerous petroglyphs on the aqueduct and encompassing caverns.