[Aztlan] 10,000 year old tools found at Chavin de Huantar

[michael ruggeri]

Prehistoric tools, weapons discovered in Peruvian Andes
AFP

August 20, 2006

LIMA --  A team of Peruvian and US archaeologists have discovered  
prehistoric stone tools and weapons some 10,000 years old in an  
Andean town, the National Institute of Culture announced Friday.

Stone axes, spearheads, and weapons were found in the main square of  
San Pedro de Chavin de Huantar, an Andean town some 400 kilometers  
(250 miles) north of Lima, officials said.

"This discovery represents exceptional evidence of the presence of  
inhabitants in the Pleistocene era," the Institute said in a statement.

The Pleistocene went from about 1.6 million years ago to 10,000 years  
ago, when the last ice age ended.

The items were discovered by a team lead by Peruvian archaeologist  
Christian Mesia from the Chavin de Huantar Archaeological  
Investigation Project and John Rick, an American from Stanford  
University.

Rick and Mesia said that it is one of the few open Stone Age camps  
ever found in the Andes.

The discovery "will have a special significance for the culture and  
the civic identity" of the town residents, they said in the statement.

Chavin de Huantar is best known as the site where an underground  
stone temple from the influential Chavin civilization is located.

The temple was built around 1000 BC and used until around 200 BC. It  
is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site.



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