Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello [Spanish]

By Monica Brown

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Pura Belpr Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)

A fascinating bilingual picture book biography of Peruvian archaeologist and national icon Julio C. Tello, who unearthed Peru's ancient cultures and fostered pride in the country's Indigenous history.

Una fascinante biograf a biling e ilustrada del arque logo peruano e cono nacional Julio C. Tello, quien desenterr las antiguas culturas del Per y foment el orgullo por la historia ind gena del pa s.

Growing up in the late 1800s, Julio Tello, an Indigenous boy, spent time exploring the caves and burial grounds in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes. Nothing scared Julio, not even the ancient human skulls he found. His bravery earned him the boyhood nickname Sharuko, which means "brave" in Quechua, the language of the Native people of Peru.

At the age of twelve, Julio moved to Lima to continue his education. While in medical school, he discovered an article about the skulls he had found. The skulls had long ago been sent to Lima to be studied by scientists. The article renewed Julio's interest in his ancestry, and he decided to devote his medical skills to the study of Peru's Indigenous history.

Over his lifetime, Julio Tello made many revolutionary discoveries at archaeological sites around Peru, and he worked to preserve the historical treasures he excavated. He showed that Peru's Indigenous cultures had been established thousands of years ago, disproving the popular belief that Peruvian culture had been introduced more recently from other countries. He fostered pride in his country's Indigenous ancestry, making him a hero to all Peruvians. Because of the brave man once known as Sharuko, people around the world today know of Peru's long history and its living cultural legacy.

Durante su infancia a finales del siglo XIX, Julio Tello, un ni o ind gena, exploraba las cuevas y loscementerios en las estribaciones de los Andes peruanos. Nada lo asustaba, ni siquiera los antiguos cr neos humanos que encontraba. Su valent a le gan el apodo de Sharuko, que significa "valiente" en quechua, la lengua de los pueblos originarios del Per .

A los doce a os, Julio se mud a Lima para continuar sus estudios. Mientras estudiaba medicina, descubri un art culo sobre los cr neos que hab a encontrado. Estos cr neos hab an sido enviados a Lima hac a mucho tiempo para ser estudiados por cient ficos. El art culo reanim el inter s de Julio por sus ancestros, y decidi dedicar sus conocimientos m dicos al estudio de la historia ind gena del Per .

A lo largo de su vida, Julio Tello realiz numerosos descubrimientos revolucionarios en sitios arqueol gicos de todo el Per y trabaj para preservar los tesoros hist ricos que excavaba. Demostr que las culturas ind genas del Per se hab an establecido hace miles de a os, desmintiendo la creencia popular de que la cultura peruana hab a sido introducida recientemente desde otros pa ses. l foment el orgullo por la herencia ind gena de su pa s, convirti ndose en un h roe para todos los peruanos. Gracias a este valiente hombre, conocido como Sharuko, hoy en d a personas de todo el mundo conocen la larga historia del Per y su vivo legado cultural.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0892394234
• ISBN13: 9780892394234
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7