El Brujo

The El Brujo Archaeological Complex is an ancient archaeological site, located in the Chicama Valley just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru, that was occupied from preceramic times [1]. Huaca Prieta is the earliest part of the complex but the biggest constructions on the site belong to the Moche culture [1]. In this area, there are also the remains of the later Lambayeque and Chimú cultures [1]. The Brujo Complex is represented by three major huacas [1]. The Huaca Prieta mound dates back to the preceramic times [1]. A 17th-century letter found during excavations at the site may contain translations of numbers written in Quingnam (sometimes known as Pescadora) using the decimal system, the first physical evidence for the existence of this language [1].