Posted on 08/26/2018 7:08:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists discovered an ancient wall relief in Peru, belonging to the oldest civilizations in the Americas, news agency Andina reported on Thursday. The wall is approximately 3,800 years old and portrays snakes and human heads.
One meter (3.2 feet) high and 2.8 meters long, the wall relief was discovered in the sea-side archaeological site of Vichama, 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of Peru's capital, Lima.
The Vichama site is one of the excavation points of the recently discovered Caral civilization, also known as Norte Chico, and has been explored by archaeologists since 2007.
The Caral civilization is 5,000 years old, making it the oldest civilization in the Americas, and flourished at the same time as the thriving Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Chinese civilizations. The Caral people lived in the Supe Valley along the north-central coast of Peru.
Dating back to 1800 and 3500 B.C., Vichama is thought to have been a fishing community and one of the Caral peoples' various cities. The wall was made of adobe, a clay-like material from which bricks are made and was located at the entry point of a ceremonial hall...
Archaeologists believe that the relief discovery reinforces the notion that these early humans were attempting to depict the difficulties they faced due to climate change and water scarcity, which had a large impact on their agricultural production.
The Caral excavation site has so far unearthed the ruins of 22 buildings in a 25-hectare space, dating back to between 1800 and 1500 B.C.
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I'm told that they are jepordizing their prospects for future grant money.
They’re doing The Macarena!
For these scientists, designs from poop in a toilet describe “climate change.”
Donno.
The one on the left is obviously an oriental female with saggy boobs.
The one on the right is, of course, break dancing.
early humans were attempting to depict the difficulties they faced due to climate change
Well, then, I dont think my 5.4L V8 F150 FX4 had much to do with it then.
The pre-Columbian American civilizations were all so “charming.”
I visited Mayan ruins in Mexico as a kid. I recall never seeing before, or since, so many depictions of beheadings, human sacrifice, torture, and gore as there. Utterly grotesque.
As cruel as the Spanish and Portuguese were when they invaded....they couldn’t hold a candle to the barbarity of indian tribes there before.
It's The Punisher's great, great. . . . great grand daddy.
I suspect that pokemon-lookin' carving has a large mouth to take a still-beating heart freshly cut from the victim. I doubt the current excavator will have this checked, forensically.
That’s where the switch is to operate the secret door in National Treasure 3.
Droughts come and droughts go - that’s weather cycles, not “climate change”. But leave it to todays academics and academic trained persons to keep everything on the Left’s agendas front and center - regardless of the topic.
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