Located in an inaccessible location at an altitude of 2,000 meters, the ancient Chachapoya coffins dating from the 15th century still carry many mysteries.
The rare historic heritage of the Chachapoya people lies between the steep gorge of the Andes range and the tropical forest in the Amazonas region (Peru). In the 16th century, when the Spanish set their foot here, the Chachapoya tribal was almost conquered by the power Inca empire. They were forced to live according to customer, the cultural tradition of the Inca people.
According to many documents, the Chachapoya people have origin from Inca or Spanish. Information about this mysterious tribal is quite a rarity. They are known by the name Chachapoya used by the Inca and the nickname "the cloudy warrior" which emphasizes their combative personality. Even after being conquered, groups of the Chachapoya people still resurged fighting many years.
Karajia is one of the archaeologic sites that still preserved the vestiges of the lost civilization of Chachapoya. Far from the Chachapoyas city 60km, this place has 7 coffins lying in the steep cliffs, 2.000 m from the ground. The coffins of the Chachapoya people (also called "Purunmachos") in here were launched in the world in 1984, after discovering progress of the archeologist Federico Kauffmann.
The coffin is in the shape of a large capsule, similar to the features of the human body, a 2,5m high, and build by a composition of clay, straw, gravel on a wooden structure. Each coffin contains a mummy. According to researchers, the mummy of the important people buried in these important coffins. The body of deceases was put in fetus gesture, then wrapped in a cocoon made of wild canes and tied by ropes. This structure is further covered with clay and thick straw as the binder.
According to the dating identification method by radioactive carbon, the coffins in Karajia dated from the 15th century, right before the conquering of the Inca people. Put carefully in a location almost inaccessible in amid the cliff, these coffins of Purunmachos luckily voided the destruction of the invaders.
Each coffin was painted in white color and decorated in yellow, red color which helps identify some detail on the body. Some hat embeds by honks, simulating deer horns. While others have a mosiac of human skull shape, considered a proud achievement of the "cloudy warriors".
The coffins of Purunmachos in Karajia are not the only coffins in the Chachapoyas area. On the west bank of the Utcubamba river, many other coffins with different sizes have been specified. However, approaching these relics is very difficult, only several archaeologists and film crews can come close.
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