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Julio C. Tello
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Julio C. Tello was born on April 11, 1880, in Huarochiri, the mountain range of Lima. Julian Tello and Maria Red Asuncion, his parents, were farmers. Tello obtained his undergraduate degree from the College of Osma in Lima, Peru and from there, he started doctoral work in 1902 in San Marcos.
Archeology
Julio Cesar Tello was the first Peruvian archeologist to treat archeological sites in a scientific manner. He is best known for his theory on the origins of Andean civilization. Tello worked as a Conservator in the National Library and Raimondi Museum while attending school. In 1909, he completed his “bachellor” in Medicine, the “titulo medico-cirujano”, with a thesis published on syphilis in ancient Peru. He was then granted a scholarship to Harvard University. Due to his shcolarship, he studied at Harvard and received his Master’s Degree in Anthropology in 1911, instead of studying in Peru.
Tello dedicated his life to the study of what he called the “country as the Incas”. By 1908, he was interested by the archaeologicas investigation, and his revealing thesis was shown to the Medicine Faculty of the University of San Marcos on “the antiquity of sifilis in the Peru”. Tello is well-known for his discovery of 429 mummy bundles in 1925 in the Cerro Colorado area of Peru. His findings are the most significant source of information regarding the Paracas culture, which dates 750 B.C.E- 100 C.E.
Museums
In 1913, Tello returned to Peru with Hrdlicka to explore the central coast. He was also named the Director of the archaeological section of the old Museum of Natural History, which today is known as the Museum of Art of the Stroll Columbus of Lima. In 1918, he resigned his position and went to San Marcos. This is when he identified archaeological material in Chavin and transferred to Lima, which later founded the Museum of Archaeology and became Professor of General Archaeology. He later was named Director of the National Archaeological Museum in 1924. Then, in 1928 he became Professor of America and Peruvian Archaeology; he stayed in this position for the rest of his life.
When he created the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, he was trying to reunite archaeological collections in a place where they could show the past for people to admire. But his main goal was contribute to the history of Peru so that national identity would be strengthened.
In 1929, he created the National patronage of archaeology and developed famous Law 6634, which would be Peru's first national patrimony law. In 1930, he lost his job as Museum Director at the University Museum, but stayed there as a Research Associate with no pay.
Tello's death
Tello died June 7, 1947 and was buried in Old Magdalena at the gardens of the National Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology which he had founded years before.
Tello was the first scientifically person trained to find Chavin, which has had lasting contributions. These contributions later helped the work of archaeologist in perfecting schemes in their works of 1921 and 1942.
Tello has become a legend for those who didn’t know him, and he is greatly known in the field of archaeology.
