san andres

Location: Km 32 road to Santa Ana, department of La Libertad.

History: The archaeological site of San Andrés took its name from the old hacienda where he was. As owner of the hacienda San Andrés, the Dueñas family generously warranted the site access to successive generations of researchers, starting from 1940 with the first project on the site, led by John Dimick. Even when the historic area of the site began to be visited by tourists in the year seventies, Dueñas allow the use of the site as a park incipient handled by the Department of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Administration (predecessor of CONCULTURA), with new research directed by Stanley Boggs, Jorge Mejia and Richard Crane.

The highlight: Today, this region is famous for its fertility, an equally important farming communities that developed in ancient times factor. This fact is reflected in the high density of archaeological sites in the valley, at an estimated total number in about 350. One is jewel of Cerén, which is five-kilometers northeast of saint Andrew.