Dating Caral, a Preceramic Site in the Supe Valley on the Central Coast of Peru

Radiocarbon dates from the site of Caral in the Supe Valley of Peru indicate that monumental corporate architecture, urban settlement, and irrigation agriculture began in the Americas by 4090 years before the present (2627 calibrated years B.C.) to 3640 years before the present (1977 calibrated year...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2001-04, Vol.292 (5517), p.723-726
Main Authors: Solis, Ruth Shady, Haas, Jonathan, Creamer, Winifred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Animals
Archaeology
Architecture
Carbon dating
Carbon Isotopes
City squares
Civilization
Coasts
Crops, Agricultural
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Excavations
Excavations (Archaeology)
Geochronology
Humans
Isotope geochemistry. Geochronology
Marine and continental quaternary
Mayors
Peru
Plants
Platform mounds
Radiocarbon calibration
Radiocarbon dating
Residential architecture
Social evolution
Social history
Social sciences and history
Surficial geology
Urbanization
Valleys
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Summary:Radiocarbon dates from the site of Caral in the Supe Valley of Peru indicate that monumental corporate architecture, urban settlement, and irrigation agriculture began in the Americas by 4090 years before the present (2627 calibrated years B.C.) to 3640 years before the present (1977 calibrated years B.C.). Caral is located 23 kilometers inland from the Pacific coast and contains a central zone of monumental, residential, and nonresidential architecture covering an area of 65 hectares. Caral is one of 18 large preceramic sites in the Supe Valley.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1059519