what is the money called in peru?
Peruvian nuevo sol
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 At issue is credit for the discovery of the civilization , naming it , and developing the theoretical models to explain it . That Shady was describing a civilization is clear in 1997 : ( " los albores de la civilización en el Perú . " ) . While locating it on the Supe River , with Caral at its center , she suggested a larger geographic base for the society : 

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 Prior to the Inca dominance , specialized long distance merchants provided the highlanders with goods such as gold nuggets , copper hatchets , cocoa , salt etc. for redistribution among the locals , and were key players in the politics of the region . Hatchet shaped copper currency was produced by the Peruvian people , in order to obtain valuables from pre Columbian Ecuador . A maritime exchange system stretched from the west coast of Mexico to southernmost Peru , trading mostly in Spondylus , which represented rain and fertility and was considered the principal food of the gods by the people of the Inca empire . Spondylus was used in elite rituals , and the effective redistribution of it had political effect in the Andes during the pre @-@ Hispanic times . 

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 Peru has formally reserved its right to make a claim . 

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 Peruvians consume an estimated 65 million guinea pigs each year , and the animal is so entrenched in the culture that one famous painting of the Last Supper in the main cathedral in Cusco shows Christ and the 12 disciples dining on guinea pig . The animal remains an important aspect of certain religious events in both rural and urban areas of Peru . A religious celebration known as jaca tsariy ( " collecting the cuys " ) is a major festival in many villages in the Antonio Raimondi province of eastern Peru , and is celebrated in smaller ceremonies in Lima . It is a syncretistic event , combining elements of Catholicism and pre @-@ Columbian religious practices , and revolves around the celebration of local patron saints . The exact form the jaca tsariy takes differs from town to town ; in some localities , a sirvinti ( servant ) is appointed to go from door to door , collecting donations of guinea pigs , while in others , guinea pigs may be brought to a communal area to be released in a mock bullfight . Meals such as cuy chactado are always served as part of these festivities , and the killing and serving of the animal is framed by some communities as a symbolic satire of local politicians or important figures . In the Tungurahua and Cotopaxi provinces of central Ecuador , guinea pigs are employed in the celebrations surrounding the feast of Corpus Christi as part of the Ensayo , which is a community meal , and the Octava , where castillos ( greased poles ) are erected with prizes tied to the crossbars , from which several guinea pigs may be hung . The Peruvian town of Churin has an annual festival which involves dressing guinea pigs in elaborate costumes for a competition . 

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 Chile and Peru both claim the pisco sour as their national drink , and each asserts ownership of the cocktail 's base liquor — pisco ; consequently , the pisco sour has become a significant and oft @-@ debated topic of Latin American popular culture . The two kinds of pisco and the two variations in the style of preparing the pisco sour are distinct in both production and taste . Peru celebrates a yearly public holiday in honor of the cocktail during the first Saturday of February . 
