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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

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[โ€“] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Researchers believe the children, discovered on Monday alongside the remains of an adult, come from the Ychsma culture that developed on Peru's central coast before the Inca Empire rose to span swathes of the Andean region.

Some remains were found at the foot of a staircase on a small hill which is believed to have once hidden a temple.

Luis Takuda, an archaeologist in Lima's Rimac district, said the temple was likely built 3,500 years ago.

"The people who lived here during the Ychsma period still considered it a sacred space and therefore buried their dead here."

With a population of about 10 million, the Peruvian capital is home to some 400 archaeological ruins.

Peru's largest archaeological sites are located outside Lima in places such as Cusco, which was the capital of the Inca Empire and fell to Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century.


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[โ€“] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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