Toribio Mejía Xesspe Explained

Toribio Mejía Xesspe
Birth Date:April 16, 1896
Birth Place:Toro District, Peru
Death Place:Lima, Peru
Alma Mater:National University of San Marcos
Occupation:Anthropologist and Archeologist

Manuel Toribio Mejía Xesspe (April 16, 1896 - November 2, 1983) was a Peruvian archaeologist and student of Julio César Tello. He discovered the Nazca Lines in 1926 or 1927.

Biography

Mejía Xesspe was born in Toro, a district of the La Unión province, Arequipa department.[1] [2]

Reports differ on the specific year, but in either 1926[3] or 1927 Mejía Xesspe discovered locations of the Nazca Lines while hiking in the foothills of the surrounding area. He then discussed them at a conference in Lima in 1939.[4]

Mejía Xesspe died in Lima, due to a congenital disease of the spleen.

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References

  1. Web site: Melgar Vasquez . Max Alejandro . June 2014 . EL LEGADO DE TORIBIO MEJÍA XESSPE .
  2. Web site: ▷ Conoce el gran legado de Toribio Mejía Xesspe . 2023-11-06 . Cultura Paracas . es.
  3. Web site: 2010-11-08 . Why the Nasca lines are among Peru's greatest mysteries . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225171638/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/nasca-lines . dead . February 25, 2021 . 2023-11-09 . History . en.
  4. Mejía Xesspe . Toribio . 1939 . "Acueductos y caminos antiguos de la hoya del Río Grande de Nazca" (Aqueducts and ancient roads of the Rio Grand valley in Nazca) . Actas y Trabajos Cientificos del 27 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (Proceedings and scientific works of the 27th international congress of American anthropologists) . 1 . 559-569.