Within the past 20 years the remarkable antiquity of dense urban settlement along the dry desert of coastal Peru has become evident from recent archaeological discoveries now dating to 4000 BC (6000 BP). These discoveries place early urban centres in line with early urban developments in China and the Near East within the traditional Neolithic period (Krim, 2021, 2024). Such urban settlements arose along central coastal Peru related to the rich fishing resources of the Cold Humbolt Current and the fluctuation of the El Nino ocean stream. Curiously, such urban settlement emerged without the usual Neolithic signatures of domesticated agriculture or animals, and without the complements of ceramic pottery.
Arthur Krim
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