Advance: before the Inca, Chancay, Moche, and Chavin there was the Caral civilization, in the North-central coast of Peru, five thousand years ago (3000 BC)) all these civilizations lived in the Supe Valley at one time except the Moche, who lived in Chan Chan, bordering the coast. Caral, a city-state you might say, or perhaps a small sanctuary along the Supe Rio (of which were perhaps some 3000-inhabidents at one time)) of which I first crossed by foot, and came back by horse)), in the Supe Valley, is most bravura, for I have been there and can bear this out.

This civilization coexisted with that of Mesopotamia of the Near East, or Crete of Europe; perhaps built their pyramids at the same time Egypt did. The city is not only sacred, but it was political, with all its six pyramids, tucked away in a mountain like corral (so it got its name), in that it is surrounded by beautiful mountains, known as the.... It is about 165-miles north of Lima; it is also the city known as '...dwelling place of the gods....' You have three regions here: the Andean highlands, Andean jungle, and equatorial coastal area, of which now I have been to all three. It is close to the sea, the mountains look over it, and the jungle is not that far away. [Caral: in Quechua, is cabuya, or sisal, a dry fiber often used in weaving.] Pottery was not discovered until later to have been made at Caral, thus, no early dates for its baking process. One would have to date it perhaps between the Inca and Chavin cultures, or a better date might be the Chancay culture. It is known that the Chancay culture lived right on the site of the Caral Culture between 900 and 1300 AD.

The Poem:

She sat crossed legged: the Sacred Supe Rio to her right:

Small, sloping forehead: deep brown, secretive eyes;

Thin lips, slightly upward, triangular chin; thin hair. Sparse outer eyebrows (beautiful) with a straight torso.

She was naked, arms stretched, crossed behind.

(She died according to her times.)

She sat crossed legged: the year 1102 AD, among her

Lay, unbaked clay figurines; color cotton textiles;

Head adornments: were two circular headdresses Linked-and-twisted, made out of totora reed, rush fiber

And cotton thread; a wooden comb by her knees.

Pieces of pottery lay by her side, in the warm valley sand

To the left of her were the Caral ruins, the old city. (Four thousand years had now passed, her Ancestors long gone;

Gone, now dead, perhaps her blood was currently, intermixed

With the many cultures that once walked this land.)

She sat crossed legged and thought: how crafty she was

Compared to them, for she had made handles for her pottery,

And she was proud, so very proud, of being: Peruvian (with 11,000-years of proven history). She brushed away the

Mosquitoes, watched her friends plant corn, hot peppers Along the banks of the Rio, in the Sacred Valley of Supe.

She sat crossed legged until sunset: watching the reds and

Yellows and orange mist fade into the sun's brightness:

Thus, she wept and wept, for someone or thing had broken Her pottery, as she laid still from a blow to the back of the head,

Her face (her cranial traumatized); it was all she could see, As they bound her knees, the way they did back in 3000 BC!...

(She was part of the Caral legend. I for one, picked up those Pieces of clay, with handles, in the sands of the Supe Valley).

#1312 4/13/06

In Spanish Translated by Nancy Penaloza

La Leyenda De: La Doncella De Chancay del Valle De Supe de Per

Avance: antes de la Inca, Chancay, Moche, y Chavn hubo all la civilizacin de Caral, en la costa Centro al Norte de Per, hace cinco mil aos (3000 antes de Cristo) todas estas civilizaciones vivi en el Valle de Supe en cierta poca excepto La Moche, que vivi en Chan Chan, bordeando la costa. Caral, una ciudad - estado usted podra decir, o quizs un pequeo santuario a lo largo de Ro Supe (del cual eran quizs unos 3000-habitantes inhabidents en cierta poca)) l cual yo primero cruc a pie, y volv a caballo)), en el Valle de Supe, esta la mayor virtuosidad, ya que he estado all y puedo confirmar esto. Esta civilizacin coexisti con la Mesopotmica del cercano Oriente, o Creta de Europa; quizs construy sus pirmides al mismo tiempo que lo hizo Egipto. La ciudad no slo es sagrada, sino tambin fue poltica, con todas sus seis pirmides, metidas en una montaa como corral (As esto consigui su nombre), la cual est rodeada por montaas hermosas, conocidos as. Esto est aproximadamente a 165 millas al norte de Lima; esta es tambin la ciudad conocida como "...el lugar de morada de los dioses". Usted tiene tres regiones aqu: las tierras altas Andinas, la selva Andina, y el rea ecuatorial costera, de cual ahora he estado de todas las tres. Est cerca del mar, las montaas se ven sobre esto, y la selva no est muy lejos de aqu. [Caral: en quechua, es cabuya, o el sisal, una fibra seca a menudo usada en el tejido.] La Cermica no fue descubierta hasta ms tarde, para ser hecho en Caral, ms, ningn dato reciente para su proceso de coccin. Uno podra tener un dato de esto talvez entre la Cultura Inca y Chavn, o una fecha mejor podra ser la cultura Chancay. Es sabido que la cultura Chancay vivi exactamente sobre el sitio de la Cultura Caral entre 900 y 1300 despus de Cristo.

El Poema:

Ella se sent de piernas cruzadas: El Ro Sagrado Supe a su derecha: Frente pequea, inclinada: marrn profundo, ojos reservados; Labios finos, barbilla ligeramente ascendente, triangular; pelo Fino. Cejas escasas externas (hermosas) con un torso erguido. Ella estaba desnuda, brazos estirados, cruzados detrs.

(Ella muri de acuerdo a su poca).

Ella se sent de piernas cruzadas: el ao 1102 despus de Cristo, entre ella

Colocados, estatuillas de arcilla cruda; textiles de algodn coloreado; Adornos delanteros: eran dos tocados circulares

Unidos-y-torcidos, hechos de la caa de totora, la fibra de junco y el hilo de algodn; un peine de madera por sus rodillas.

Piezas de cermica colocados por su lado, en la arena caliente del valle

A la izquierda de ella estaban las ruinas de Caral, la vieja ciudad. (Cuatro mil aos ahora haban pasado, sus Antepasados hace mucho tiempo

Idos; Idos, ahora muertos, quizs su sangre estaba actualmente, entremezclada Con muchas de las culturas que una vez anduvieron esta tierra.)

Ella se sent con las piernas cruzadas y pens: cun astuta era ella

Comparada a ellos, ya que ella haba hecho manijas para su

Cermica, y ella estuvo orgullosa, tan orgullosa, de ser: Peruano (Con de 11,000 aos de historia probada). Ella quit los Mosquitos, vio a sus amigos plantar maz, pimientos Picantes A lo largo de las orillas de Ro, en el Valle Sagrado de Supe.

Ella se sent con las piernas cruzadas hasta la puesta del sol: mirando las rojas y Amarillas y anaranjadas nieblas atenuadas dentro del resplandor del sol: As, ella llor y llor, por alguien o cosa que haba roto Su cermica, mientras ella inmovilizada por un golpe taras de

La cabeza, Su cara (su crneo fracturado); era todo lo que ella Podra ver, Mientras ellos ataron sus rodillas, del modo que ellos lo hicieron antes hace, 3000 antes de Cristo! ...

(Ella era parte de la leyenda de Caral. Yo por uno, recog Aquellos Pedazos de arcilla, con manijas, en las arenas del Valle De Supe).

*1312 4/13/06