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PMR104K-20 Peru, Departamento de Puno, Sillustani: site of a number of pre-Inca chullpas or burial towers, built by the Colla people, Aymara who were conquered by the Inca about 1400 AD. To tie the connection between life and death the insides of the chullpas were shaped like a woman's uterus, and corpses were buried in a foetal position. The only openings to the towers face east, to the rising sun. The site is 3840 metres a.s.l. The Lagoon of Umayo, from the lower burial area. Keywords: High Andes, historic burial site

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Peru, Departamento de Puno, Sillustani: site of a number of

pre-Inca chullpas or burial towers, built by the Colla people, Aymara who were conquered by the Inca about 1400 AD. To tie the connection between life and death the insides of the chullpas were shaped like a woman's uterus, and corpses were buried in a foetal position. The only openings to the towers face east, to the rising sun. The site is 3840 metres a.s.l.

The Lagoon of Umayo, from the lower burial area.
Keywords: High Andes, historic burial site