Posted on 11/28/2008 8:58:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A team of Peruvian and German archaeologists has discovered the remains of a human settlement 5,500 years old near the southern town of Nazca, south of Lima, the capital daily El Comercio reported Sunday.
The archaeologists, who are members of the Nazca-Palpa project, said that the discovery was made in a sector known as Pernil Alto, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Palpa...
[T]he find is the first discovery in southern Peru of an inhabited site corresponding to the late portion of the archaic period some 3,500 years before Christ.
One of the project researchers said that the excavations made at the site since last October enabled the team to find the remains of eight small oval-shaped and circular homes made by digging deep pits in the ground.
Also found were up to 19 graves of children and adults interred individually inside the homes, which would seem to indicate that they were buried there after the homes were abandoned.
In some of the graves, archaeologists found carved bones and snail-shells, deer horns, necklaces and bracelets made from shells, but there was no concrete evidence of offerings to the dead or to dieties.
The researchers are seeking to expand their knowledge about the culture of southern Peru in the early epochs from about 5,500 years ago up to the Inca civilization in the 16th century.
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Thank you for GGG! It’s my favorite keyword on FR.
“the remains of a human settlement 5,500 years old near the southern town of Nazca”
Human settlement? As opposed to a llama settlement?
Irish?
As opposed to extraterrestrials — y’know, ‘cuz there’s a UFO base under the waters of Lake Titicaca.
Maybe, there are potatoes there.
Recent government report released in UK talks about two F-15’s chasing a UFO the same size as an aircraft carrier. Report was Top Secret and the reports were by the F-15 crews.
Thanks.
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