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An Early House from Chilca, Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Christopher B. Donnan
Christopher B. Donnan*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Abstract

A semisubterranean cane and grass house was recently excavated at the site of Chilca on the central coast of Peru. The context in which it was found, as well as its associated radiocarbon date of 5370 ± 120 B.P., indicates that the house was made by early preceramic horticulturists. Seven burials were found inside. The remarkable state of preservation in which the house was found provided sufficient data for a full-scale reconstruction of the structure. This small, conical, beehive-type house is the earliest artificial shelter yet reported from Peru.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 2Part1 , October 1964 , pp. 137 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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