Archaeologists of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) constitute 3 burials of the ancient inhabitants of South America aged from half-dozen to 10 one thousand years. The excavations were carried out inwards Atahualpa Canton, Ecuador. The findings belong to the Las Vegas archaeological civilization of the Stone Age.
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| The ancient skull excavated inwards Loma Atahualpa, Ecuador, 2018, past times archaeologists of the Far Eastern Federal University [Credit: FEFU] |
Previously, FEFU scientists investigated the famous Neolithic short town inwards Real Alto. In 2018 they decided to report an before site inwards social club to delineate the evolution of ancient cultures on the Pacific Coast contrary to the Pacific Coast of Russian Federation (Russian Far East).
"The archaeological site of Loma Atahualpa is to a greater extent than archaic than Real Alto, its materials are transitional from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic. We excavated 3 burials that were in all likelihood made at dissimilar times. This volition acquire inwards possible to compare their materials too recall the novel information on the evolution of ancient cultures inwards the menstruum from 10 to half-dozen one thousand years ago," said the caput of the expedition Alexander Popov, manager of the Educational too Scientific Museum of The School of Humanities of FEFU.
Expedition materials are processed past times experts from several countries. The rock tools constitute were examined at Tohoku University (Japan) for traces of mechanical activeness inwards social club to sympathize how they were used. There were also sent samples for radiocarbon dating. Simultaneously, anthropologists from The Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology too Ethnography, St. Petersburg) too the Institute of the Problems of Northern development, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Tyumen, Russia) began to report the morphological features of the human remains found.
"In the course of report of working amongst Ecuadorian colleagues, nosotros accept learned that our interrogation attracted the obvious attending of scientists. Last year's symposium, which was organized at the Real Alto Museum, was attended past times colleagues from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Poland too other countries. We also cooperate amongst partners from several European countries too the Russian Academy of Sciences," added Alexander Popov.
Source: Far Eastern Rederal University [November 26, 2018]
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