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Landscape alteration and prehistoric human occupation on the north coast of Peru

Year: 1983

Type: article

Abstract: A series of uplifted bays and former shorelines in the Chimbote region are discussed in relation to tectonic uplift during the Peruvian preceramic period.The molluscan fauna from a series of these preceramic sites are warm-water species, which the authors interpret as evidence for a warm-water current prior to 5000 B.P. This indicates that the east Pacific Ocean currents were markedly different from the modern current patterns.This date has a major implications for the pre-5000 B.P. climate of the north coast of Peru.

Source: Annals of Carnegie Museum

DOI: 10.5962/p.330763

Authors: Daniel H. Sandweiss, Harold B. Rollins, James B. Richardson

Institutions: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, University of Pittsburgh, Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, University of Pittsburgh

OpenAlex ID: W4290996505

FWCI: 21.42

Cites: 9

Cited by: 43

Related to: 10