The Extinction of the Chachapoya of the Peruvian Andes: The Center of the Chachapoya Civilization, the Disappearance of the Chachapoya Civilization, the Material Utilized to Construct Kuelap Fortress (Kuelap Archaeological Complex/Kuelap Citadel) Cemetery Site, the Period Kuelap Fortress Was Constructed, the Ambiguity of How the Chachapoya Buried Their Dead Within Cliffside Mausoleums, the Concept of “Primary Deposition”, the Most Common Causation of Primary Deposition Deaths, Human Remains at Keulap Fortress Discovered With Primary Deposition, How Scientists Determine When Architecture Was Actively Being Utilized, the Collapse of the Inca Empire and the Reason the Inca Could Not Have Exterminated the Chachapoya, the Most Probable Cause of the Demise of the Chachapoya, the Reason Scientists Understand Disease Was Not the Primary Cause of Death for the Chachapoya, How Weaponry Injuries Indicate Which Civilization Inflicted the Injury, the Dual Wounds Created by Firearm Injury, the Velocity of a Musket Ball, Evidence of a Wound Caused by a Blade, the Usage of Stone Mace Weaponry During Conflict With the Chachapoya, Evidence of Human Sacrifice Within the Chachapoya Civilization, the Location These Chachapoya Human Sacrifices Were Laid to Rest, the Possibility of Human Sacrifice Being Related to the Tinterro (Sacred Place/Temple) of Kuelap Fortress, the Size of the Shaft Which Runs Through the Tinterro of Kuelap Fortress, the Central Chamber of the Shaft Which Runs Through the Tinterro of Kuelap Fortress, the Artifacts Discovered Within This Chamber, the Position of Chachapoyan Mummies, the Peruvian Star Shaped Mace Matching With the Injuries Discovered at Kuelap Fortress, Some Injuries at Kuelap Fortress Depicting Multiple Blows to the Head, the Reason the Majority of Attacks Hit the Left Side of the Cranium, Forensic Evidence of an Attack at Kuelap Fortress, the 3 Entrances of Kuelap Fortress, the Age Range of the Majority of Victims Discovered at Kuelap Fortress, the Fate of Children During Conflict Throughout History, the Ultimate Goal of the Civilization Which Attacked the Chachapoya at Kuelap Fortress, the Problem of Disease Within South America Throughout History and the South American View of Food Shortages Throughout History, the Possibility of Kuelap Fortress Being Targeted Due to Colonization, and the Ambiguity of Why Fire Occurred at Kuelap Fortress

9800’ above sea level, hidden deep in the Peruvian Andes, Kuelap is the center of the lost civilization of the Chachapoya which means the “cloud warriors of Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language. The Chachapoya vanished without a trace, virtually overnight. Kuelap is a cemetery, with the 60’ city walls built with the bones of the people who inhabited it. Radiocarbon dating approximate Kuelap to have been built in the first few centuries AD. Deceased were also buried in cliffside mausoleums, b...


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