Ancient ceremonial plaza found in Peru


	Ancient ceremonial plaza found in Peru
arifsali
2-27-2008 8:40 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d389e5d2-25bf-4f6f-9a41-e668bd1293b4/93892DE4-6FC1-457B-AAD2-EC8289B179E4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/peru_discovery_080227/20080227?hub=SciTech" href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/peru_discovery_080227/20080227?hub=SciTech" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ctv.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/peru_discovery_080227/20080227?hub=SciTech">A team of German and Peruvian archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest known monument in Peru: a 5,500-year-old ceremonial plaza near Peru's north-central coast.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/peru_discovery_080227/20080227?hub=SciTech">Carbon dating of material from the site revealed it was built between 3500 B.C. and 3000 B.C., Peter Fuchs, a German archaeologist who headed the excavation team</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080227/peru_discovery_080227/20080227?hub=SciTech">The discovery is further evidence that civilization thrived in Peru at the same time as it did in what is now the Middle East and South Asia, said Ruth Shady, a prominent Peruvian archaeologist who led the team that discovered the ancient city of Caral in 2001.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ctv.ca/mar/photo.html?pname=http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20080227/450_peru_ruins_080227.jpg&win_width=795.0&description=German%20and%20Peruvian%20archeologists%20work%20at%20the%20circular%205,500-year-old%20sunken%20ceremonial%20plaza,%20built%20of%20stones%20and%20adobe,%20part%20of%20the%20Sechin%20Bajo%20archaeological%20complex%20in%20Casma,%20Andes%20foothills,%20330%20kilometers%20(206%20miles)%20northwest%20of%20Lima,%20Feb.%202008.&slug=peru_discovery_080227" href="http://www.ctv.ca/mar/photo.html?pname=http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20080227/450_peru_ruins_080227.jpg&win_width=795.0&description=German%20and%20Peruvian%20archeologists%20work%20at%20the%20circular%205,500-year-old%20sunken%20ceremonial%20plaza,%20built%20of%20stones%20and%20adobe,%20part%20of%20the%20Sechin%20Bajo%20archaeological%20complex%20in%20Casma,%20Andes%20foothills,%20330%20kilometers%20(206%20miles)%20northwest%20of%20Lima,%20Feb.%202008.&slug=peru_discovery_080227" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ctv.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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