Pikimachay
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Pikimachay ("Flea cave") is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of Peru. The site contains the oldest known evidence of human habitation in South America, with carbon dating suggesting habitation since at least 20,000 BC.
Artefacts discovered in the site include basalt tools, chert tools and projectile and fishtail points, along with evidence that humans lived in the area contempraneously with giant sloths and horses.
[edit] External links
- Flea Cave (Pikimachay), Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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