Five ceramics, which are more than 500 years old and in a good state of preservation, were found by a team of archaeologists at Lima’s Parque de las Leyendas (Leyends Park) zoo while conducting research at Huaca La Palma.
The find includes four ceramic bottles and a small brown bird-shaped jug, which are thought to belong to the Ychsma Culture —a society that settled in the Valleys of Lurin and Chillon, in the central coast of Peru.
The artifacts were found in the northeastern tip of Huaca La Palma.
On a preliminary basis, the experts have determined that the find is believed to belong to the Late Horizon —a time when the central coast was under the administration of the Inca Empire, between approximately 1470 and 1532 AD.