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(LIP-jl) -- According to Peru's National Institute of Culture (Instituto Nacional de Cultura -INC) excavations made during a fiber optic telephone line laying project administrated by Mexico-based telecommunications giant Telmex has destroyed parts of an ancient necropolis belonging to the pre-Inca civilization, the Paracas.

Alfredo Gonzalez, Ica regional director of the INC, has denounced the telecommunications company for allegedly ruining nearly 400 square meters of a 2,000 year-old ancient burial ground that was registered as part of Peru's national heritage.

Gonzalez stated that the infrastructural project was conducted without any respect for the area's pre-Incan historical value.

"The person who ordered the project must not have been Peruvian. How else could you explain ordering a project of this magnitude in such a historically rich area?" asked the Peruvian cultural expert.

According to Peru's Andina News Agency, Telmex Peru has not released any statements regarding the incident.

The Paracas culture was an important society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE. Most of our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas necropolis, first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello in the 1920s.

The Paracas Necropolis is located in Chincha Province, located approximately 200 kilometers south of Peru's capital city of Lima.