Judy, Here's a video clip that talks about the ruins in Tihuanaco, estimated to be as old as 17,000, and Pumapunko, may be older than the former. These ruins are in Bolivia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMviviXAIVI JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > This is an interesting article. But there's a building > > site with sophisticated stonework in Peru that may be > > older than 20,000 years. So, archeologists need to > > factor this fact into their academic theories. > > If you know about it, John, I suspect they do too, > and have already factored it in. (Do you remember the > name of this place? Because while there are 20,000- > year-old sites in Peru, they're coastal hunter- > gatherer sites with no sophisticated stonework. I'd > be interested to know what you're thinking of.) > > The Buttermilk Creek site is said to be the oldest > in *North* America. Last I heard, Peru was in *South* > America. > > But speaking of cave paintings rather than spear > points or stonework, there was a really fabulous > article in Slate recently, excerpted from Paris > Review, well worth a read (no photos, sadly): > > America's Ancient Cave Art > Deep in the Cumberland Plateau, mysterious drawings, > thousands of years old, offer a glimpse of lost Native > American cultures and traditions > > http://www.slate.com/id/2288619/ > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@> > > wrote: > > > > > > "Archaeologists and other scientists report in Friday's > > > issue of the journal Science that excavations show > > > hunter-gatherers were living at the Buttermilk Creek site > > > and making projectile points, blades, choppers and other > > > tools from local chert for a long time, possibly as early > > > as 15,500 years ago..." > > > > > > Read more: > > > > > > 'Spear Points Found in Texas Dial Back > > > Arrival of Humans in America' > > > New York Times, March 24, 2011 > > > http://tinyurl.com/4gdtw3r >
