Los Pinchudos

"Los Pinchudos" are large statues which feature male anatomy. These inspired the name, "Los Pinchudos", which is slang for "the ones with big penises."-Gwin Peter. The researchers believe that these tombs and their surroundings can teach us many things about the vanished culture. The site is located in the Rio Abiseo National Park which is a natural and cultural World Heritage, which has been closed to the public and where tourism is not permitted at all. Government officials are studying to see if they can figure out how this area can be accessed, which has to be done with caution because this is a site where there is always research going on. Not only are tourist not allowed but the scientists have some areas that are restricted to them as well in order to protect the cloud forest, the archaeological sites, and keep the extreme rare yellow-tailed woolly monkey from going extinct. Los Pinchudos is a precious cultural and natural place. It is the ancient burial of ground of the Chachapoyas. The fact that these monuments are exposed to extreme weather due to the tropical environment has brought the structures there to the verge of collapse. Still to this day they wonder how the wooden statues of Los Pinchudos have yet not rotted away.

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