Wall carvings were found in what was once a fishing city of the Caral civilization, the oldest in the Americas. The relief is thought to symbolize a period of drought and famine brought on by climate change.
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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Wall carvings were found in what was once a fishing city of the Caral civilization, the oldest in the Americas. The relief is thought to symbolize a period of drought and famine brought on by climate change.
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Posted on 06/17/2015 2:42:49 PM PDT by Red Badger
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This looks more like human sacrifice to me, and that is a much better fit for what is known of all the city-building cultures of PreColumbian America.
Previously discovered reliefs, depicting emaciated humans
such a relief
Build the Wall!
“Look! I found something!”
“I bet it’s evidence for Climate Change! What does it look like?”
SUV's, fossil fuels, HVAC and those dang fart'n cows.
Machu-PacMan?
g-strings?
Climate Change,
Drug Cartels,
Fairy Priests,,,
.
Can I get off at the Next stop?
Fartn’Cows,,,
Thanks.
Caral topics:
"Archaeologists have an uncivilized fight over how civilization began in the Americas."
Could be both human sacrifice and climate-related. Snakes in Pre-Columbian America—starting from the Olmecs—are often associated with rivers and fertility rituals designed to secure rainfall, with the rituals involving human sacrifice.
Ctulhu?
Every now and then you get some scientist who admits, wittingly or not, that the climate changes and has nothing to do with modern technology or any kind of human activity.
Don’t stick your hand in there.
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