What this tells us is that the post 12900BP environment was quickly occupied by mobile bands of mobile hunter gatherers who followed the wildlife. This was expected, but it is nice to see conformation as well.
If our civilization disappeared today, the survivors would leave the same footprints. humbling to recall all that.
hunting and gathering was replaced by settled agriculture, but that demanded seed preservation and that was often tricky.
First Settlers Of Ancient Peru Left Behind 12,000-Year-Old Stone Objects
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists
excavating in Peru have found thousands of stone objects that could
offer more information about the first people who inhabited Peru.
Based on the preliminary examination of the artifacts, researchers
estimate the first settlers arrived in Peru between 9,000 to 12,000
years ago. It was a period when the desert of Ica was less dry.
More than 150 ancient spearheads were found in Pampa Lechuza, located
about 155 miles south of the capital Lima. Pampa Lechuza is one of the
most important ancient Peruvian sites for finding stone objects from the
lithic period.
The ancient spearheads have not been carbon dated yet, but
researchers from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru who made the
discovery think the stone objects may prove to be the earliest known
evidence of the inhabitants of this region.
Archaeologists have excavated at the site for several years.
More than 20,000 stone objects made by hunter-gatherers have been discovered at the site so far.
Hunter-gatherers produced the spearheads with such as flint, and resources imported from hundreds of miles away.
This shows that ancient settlers “had high mobility or participated
in exchange networks in an area that encompassed the Pacific Ocean
coastline, the coastal valleys and the surrounding sierra,” Jalh
Dulanto Brescia, a professor of archaeology at PCUP said in an interview
with the Spanish newspaper El País.
Ancient spearheads discovered in Pampa Lechuza. Credit: Jahl Dulanto
This is a significant find and archaeologists think more artifacts
can be found in Pampa Lechuza. The ancient spearheads will now be
analyzed to determine how and why they were manufactured. Later, they
will be sent to the to the Regional Museum of Ica.
Scientists also point out the urgency to protect the Cerro Lechuza
Archaeological Landscape from theft and damage from human activities.
Archaeologist warn that “some of the sites that are part of this complex
have been affected by settlers who have used heavy machinery to move
land, in an apparent attempt to delimit land.”
The Peruvian Ministry of Culture is currently considering whether to designate the complex as a national heritage site.
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