The first Peruvian town of Otuzco that I visited was in the region of La Libertad, where we went for our field-based training in July. But upon arrival in Cajamarca, I began to hear talk of a second Otuzco. This otherwise unremarkable community on the outskirts of Cajamarca city is home to the archaeological site of Ventanillas de Otuzco, which means "little windows of Otuzco." With almost five months at site under our belts, Chris and I decided it was time to go see what this other Otuzco was all about.
About a 15-minute combi ride outside the city, in the middle of beautiful green countryside, we found a hill with a large rock face in which the ancient Cajamarca people dug tombs to bury their dead. So far 337 of these small square holes in the wall have been discovered at the ventanillas, guarded today only by the many tuna (cactus) plants that cover the hillside.
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