Rio Abiseo National Park

Rio Abiseo National Park
Photo by Wojciech Fedoruk.

The Rio Abiseo National Park is home to a large number of species of flora and fauna, as well as the location of over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites.

Since 1986, the park has not been open to tourism due to the fragile nature of both the natural and archaeological environment.

The Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), previously thought to be extinct, is known to live in the park and appears to be endemic to the region.

The most famous archaeological site in the Rio Abiseo park is Gran Pajatén, a ruined settlement that has been occupied between 900 and 200 BC, and 200 BC-AD 600. This and other archaeological remains identified in the park are usually attributed to the Chachapoyas culture.

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Site Info

Full Name
Rio Abiseo National Park
Unesco ID
548
Country
Peru
Inscribed
1990
Type
Mixed
Criteria
3 7 9 10
Categories
Archaeological site - Pre-Columbian Natural landscape - Forest
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Site History

1992 Criteria

To include cultural heritage criteria (iii) as well

1990 Referred

Additional info on Archeological sites

1990 Revision

Derived from 2 former TWHS: Pajaten Archaeological Complex and Rio Abiseo National Park

1990 Inscribed

Site Links

Unesco Website
Rio Abiseo National Park
Official Website

Parque nacional río Abiseo

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Animal Info - Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

In the News

Update on visiting Gran Pajaten ancient ruins (14.10.17)

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Constructions
Tombs: Los Pinchudos
Mosaic art: Gran Pajaten: slate mosaics displaying human, bird and geometric motifs
Cultural sites connected to Cliffs
Ecology
Critically endangered fauna species: Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (1,000-10,000 remaining)
Cloud forest: The cloud forest is considered a relic of the preglacial Huallaga Pleistocene refugium, and the reason for the area's high degree of diversity and endemism (UNEP-WCMC)
Orchids
Rainforests
Bears: spectacled bear
Sloths: brown-throated sloth, two-toed sloth
Anteaters: southern tamandua
Jaguar habitat
Geography
Andes: (500- 4200mtrs)
Highest cultural WHS: Gran Pajaten 2900 m
Individual Rivers: Rio Abiseo
History
Pre-Inca cultures: Chachapoyas
Paleo-Indian: "Excavations at Manachaqui Cave, ..., recovered evidence of very early human occupation, Two AMS dates calibrated to approximately 12,200 and 11,900 BP" (wiki)
Human Activity
Man-made Terraces: Gran Pajat
Science and Technology
Excavated by American Universities: Gran Pajated is excavated by the Colorado University
Timeline
Built in the 4th century BC: "constitute an outstanding example of pre-Hispanic human occupation at high altitudes in the Andean region from as early as the 4th century BC" (ICOMOS); Gran Pajaten is dated from -900-200 BC and 200 BC-AD 600, but the ruins that can be seen today were constructed in the Inca times (1200-1500 AD)
Visiting conditions
Not open to tourists: "Since 1986, the park has not been open to tourism due to the fragile nature of both the natural and archaeological environment." (wiki)
No road access: Best by boat (or hike)
WHS on Other Lists
World Monuments Watch (past): Los Pinchudos Archaeological Site, Rio Abiseo National Park (2002, 2000)
World Heritage Forest Programme
Biodiversity hotspot: Tropical Andes
World Biosphere Reserves: Gran Pajatén (2016)
World Heritage Process
Derived from more than one TWHS: Pajaten Archaeological Complex and Rio Abiseo National Park
Mixed sites which became so after original inscription: Natural extended to Cultural

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