Site Description
Cabeza de Vaca Archaeological Zone
Cabeza de Vaca (Head of the Cow) is a complex built on a base of stone and adobe that also includes a high concentration of cultural material (ceramics, bones, stone tools and refuse piles) dispersed on adjacent hillsides. Archaeological investigations suggest a period of occupation that started from the Late Intermediate Chimú culture to the Late Horizon, the Inca Empire. This site had a transcendent notoriety in the pre-Hispanic era. Spanish historians knew it simply as the “Corrals.”
Location Access
Province: Tumbes
District: Corrales
Locality Reference: N/A
Distance: 5 kilometers from the city of Tumbes
Time: 10 minutes by car
Site Details
Entrance Fee: N/A
Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 8:30 – 17:00
Museum & Other Services: N/A
