Lauricocha

archaeological site, Peru

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In pre-Columbian civilizations: The Late Preceramic
The caves at Lauricocha at about 13,000 feet in the central Andes, which had been occupied by deer and camelid hunters since nearly 8000 bce, were still used, at least as summer camps, by hunters who employed small leaf-shaped points. Gourds, squash, cotton, and lucuma, with seed plants…
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