More of ancient Amazon civilization unearthed

[Judi Lynn]

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
More of ancient Amazon civilization unearthed
By KURT STANTON
Kyodo News

A Japanese scholar leading a multiyear archaeological project in Bolivia says his team has found a small human skeleton well over 1,000 years old in this year's excavation, the first discovery of its kind in that country.

"The well-preserved skeleton was very small in size, about 70 cm tall, with a disproportionately large head, but it had characteristics of an adult," Katsuyoshi Sanematsu, a professor of anthropology at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, said in a recent interview.

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Also found at the loma were ceramic dolls, coins, pieces of pottery with a design of a three-stepped platform, ceramic spinning wheels and other tools, Sanematsu said.

"The three-stepped platform design, or three 'pachas,' has its origin in the Andean civilization and indicates there was an interchange of cultures between the Andean highland and the Amazon," he said.

More:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081111f3.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. See earlier link by edwardlindy on uncovering "Lost Towns" discovered in the Amazon

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=397x485

Very, VERY interesting.