[Aztlan] Peru: Bandurria may rival Caral as oldest citadel in Americas

[Katherine Reece]

A team of specialists headed by archaeologist 
Alejandro Chu has informed that structures found in 
Bandurria may be as old as structures found in Caral, Peru, 
deemed as the oldest citadel in the Americas.
[...]
The archaeologist Rosa Fung was the first to 
study the site, which at the time was the home to a small 
group of settlers who have since relocated.

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Interestingly enough I had just finished reading the summary of Rosa Fung's chapter in Peruvian Prehistory (1988), where she states:
"The first settlements to show evidence of social differentiation are encountered on the coast, in the preceramic sites of Rio Seco, Bandurria, and El Aspero."

Also in American Antiquity  Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr., 1974) page 385

"On the central coast of Peru, Rosa Fung Pineda (Universidad de San Marcos) [...] recovered material of at least 3 preceramic periods from Bandurria near Huacho.  The middle period seems to be linked to the preceramic site of Rio Seco, to the south and dates 4420 ± 140 radiocarbon years: 2470 BC.  From the lowest level, dating to about 3000 BC there is a nearly complete figurine baptized "the preceramic Venus" by the Peruvian press."

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