The unknown camp sites of the 9,000 BC in the area of Lake Jucumarini in Peru discovered by Polish archeologists

Discovery of the cementary of the poorly known culture from 2,ooo years ago at the mouth of the River Tambo and a dozen of the unknown camp sites of the middle of the 9,000 BC in the area of Lake Jucumarini in Peru, was a suprise for the University of Wrocław's archeologists, who were working under the direction of Prof. Joseph Szykulskiego since 2008.
One of the priorities for this year was to identify the archaeological surrounding Alpine Lake Jucumarini located at an altitude of 5100-4000 m above sea level in southern Peru. This therefore is a watercourse of the same name, which continued its course becomes the Tambo River.In April of 2008, the Institute of Archaeology, University of Wroclaw, initiated a multidisciplinary research program called Tambo Project. The project work concentrates on the area of the Tambo River basin which spans borders between two South Peruvian departments, Arequipa and Moquegua. The project is intended to present an analysis of human settlement in Southern Peru in the context of climatic and environmental change in the basin of the Tambo, starting from the late Pleistocene until the modern age.

The Peruvian side is represented by the Santa Maria Catholic University in Arequipa and regional representatives of the National Institute of Culture of Peru (Instituto Nacional de Cultura), as well as of the governments of Arequipa and Islay.

The Project team is set up not only of archaeologists but also of specialists in the field of anthropology, botany, geology and geodesics. Dr. Jozef Szykulski, professor (the scientific research work), and Prof. Dr. Jan Michal Burdukiewicz (coordination of the activities) are from the University of Wroclaw; Dr Augusto Belan Franco (Santa Maria Catholic University in Arequipa) represents Peru.