Huaca Montegrande

Jaén, Cajamarca. The Montegrande Archaeological Sanctuary was the setting, on September 19, 2026, for the presentation of the book Cultura Marañón: Arqueología del Simbolismo temprano del Cacao en la Alta Amazonía del Perú (Cultura Marañón: Archaeology of the Early Symbolism of Cacao in the Upper Amazon of Peru), a publication that brings together the results and reflections arising from more than 16 years of archaeological research in the Upper Peruvian Amazon. The presentation ceremony took...

The city of Perugia, in Italy, is hosting the international conference “The Secret of Montegrande: The Discovery that Rewrote the History of Cacao.” On Thursday, March 12, starting at 10:30 a.m., at the LAB – Luisa Annibale Base in Perugia, La Città del Cioccolato will promote an important meeting dedicated to new discoveries about the origins of cacao, with the support of the University of Perugia and IULM University of Milan. It is worth noting that La Città del Cioccolato is the largest...

Huaca Montegrande is featured in this publication, which challenges the idea of a pristine Amazon and presents it as a landscape historically inhabited, planned, and transformed by sophisticated civilizations over millennia. The academic publication Paleoamazonia: Archaeology and History of Biocultural Heritage, Volume 1 – Material Heritage: Biosphere and Archaeology offers a profound reexamination of Amazonian history, questioning the long-standing myth of the Amazon as a virgin and...