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The Pacatnamu site is located at the mouth of the Jequetepeque Valley on the northern coast of Peru. Rocky cliffs protect two of its sides and a humanmade wall protects the third.
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Pacatnamu

MCJ8+P7M, Jequetepeque 13840, Peru
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The Pacatnamu site is located at the mouth of the Jequetepeque Valley on the northern coast of Peru. Rocky cliffs protect two of its sides and a humanmade wall protects the third.

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Todd DurrantTodd Durrant
This is an interesting ruin for the hardcore fans of ancient ruins in Peru. It has had very little restoration (if any at all) so what you see are the raw remains of a city in a fortified position with a few extremely decayed walls and buildings that appear little more than dirt hills. Every once in a while you can see a glimpse of the original bricks beneath the dirt. It leaves a lot to the imagination when imagining what it once was. But it was apparently a valuable enough city that it was protected by the ocean on one side, and cliffs down to the green valley on the south, and a mote and wall protecting the entrance from the flat ground to the east. If you visit, there is nothing flashy about it, and you approach the ruins on a dirt road that passed through the local trash dump. Most people currently headed down this road are going to the beach. Park on the side of the road after you pass the outer wall and explore. They go a tad further to see the beach and eat some fresh stingray.
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This is an interesting ruin for the hardcore fans of ancient ruins in Peru. It has had very little restoration (if any at all) so what you see are the raw remains of a city in a fortified position with a few extremely decayed walls and buildings that appear little more than dirt hills. Every once in a while you can see a glimpse of the original bricks beneath the dirt. It leaves a lot to the imagination when imagining what it once was. But it was apparently a valuable enough city that it was protected by the ocean on one side, and cliffs down to the green valley on the south, and a mote and wall protecting the entrance from the flat ground to the east. If you visit, there is nothing flashy about it, and you approach the ruins on a dirt road that passed through the local trash dump. Most people currently headed down this road are going to the beach. Park on the side of the road after you pass the outer wall and explore. They go a tad further to see the beach and eat some fresh stingray.
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This is an interesting ruin for the hardcore fans of ancient ruins in Peru. It has had very little restoration (if any at all) so what you see are the raw remains of a city in a fortified position with a few extremely decayed walls and buildings that appear little more than dirt hills. Every once in a while you can see a glimpse of the original bricks beneath the dirt. It leaves a lot to the imagination when imagining what it once was. But it was apparently a valuable enough city that it was protected by the ocean on one side, and cliffs down to the green valley on the south, and a mote and wall protecting the entrance from the flat ground to the east.

If you visit, there is nothing flashy about it, and you approach the ruins on a dirt road that passed through the local trash dump. Most people currently headed down this road are going to the beach. Park on the side of the road after you pass the outer wall and explore. They go a tad further to see the beach and eat some...

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Turismo en Complejo Arqueológico de Pakatanamu (Arqueología) El Complejo Arqueológico de Pakatnamú o Pakatanamu, se encuentra localizado en el distrito de Guadalupe, en un barranco cerca de la desembocadura del río Jequetepeque, dentro de la provincia de Pacasmayo, en el departamento y región de La Libertad. El sitio fue investigado inicialmente por el arqueólogo Heinrich Doering.

Las edificaciones de Pakatnamú aún no han sido atribuidas a ningún grupo cultural, pese a que se sabe que es de datación preincaica, aunque algunos lo han definido como un Complejo que pasara por las influencias de las culturas Chimú, Lambayeque y Mochica, famosas por su gran extensión y belleza.

Se cree que el conjunto de restos arquitectónicos del Complejo de Pakatanamu, servirían de evidencia de que este se tratara de un Centro Político y Religioso (a causa de sus estructuras piramidales), y de hecho el más importante del valle que lo alberga.

A nivel arquitectónico, podemos encontrar en este Complejo, la presencia de murallas que definen el territorio, y se dice que la forma actual que podemos apreciar en él es producto de la Cultura Lambayeque. Interiormente, podemos apreciar construcciones piramidales, que en total suman cincuenta, y que se caracterizan por presentar la forma exacta de pirámides truncas que según algunas hipótesis habrían sido hechas por arquitectos Chimús y Moches. Y para poder edificarlas se construyeron primero pequeños recintos que posteriormente fueron llenados con materiales sueltos. Estas pirámides presentaban por lo general una o dos rampas de acceso, mismas que comúnmente se encontraban orientadas al norte.

A nivel estructural, el complejo fue edificado valiéndose del uso de adobes y mortero de barro, en especial en las pirámides. Los primeros han sido también un elemento importante para poder identificar los distintos periodos de edificación del Complejo. En cuanto a las estructuras habitacionales, que también estaban presentes en Pakatnamú, estas estaban realizadas con caña y barro. Son importantes también en el Complejo algunos altares que asimismo apoyan la hipótesis de Pakatanamú como un centro religioso, ya que habrían estado destinados a la celebración de distintas ceremonias.

Para que el visitante pueda llegar hasta este Complejo Arqueológico, es necesario un recorrido de poco más de dos horas, si se viene desde la Ciudad de Trujillo. El ingreso al lugar es libre de costo, se encuentra abierto todo el año, y el horario de visitas es de 9 de la mañana hasta las 5...

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Lugar misterioso ......una pena que el estado lo tenga en abandono..... se está perdiendo el patrimonio ....ya que se hacen saqueos por parte de los huaqueros ..... y no hay quien controle .....se debería hacer algo para no dejarlo en el olvido ...... y que pueda perdurar y contarnos como vivían nuestros...

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