They find a model of the oldest culture in America

A well-preserved thousand-year-old model royal culturethe the oldest civilization in the Americaswhich flourished near Lima between 3000 and 1800 BC. BC, a group of archaeologists discovered a find that shows the planning of theirs old urban centersThose responsible for the deposit reported this Friday.

This miniature model reveals the urban design, composed of a group of pyramidal buildings, whose main facades were directed towards central public spacedemonstrating the planning of “ancient urban planners from the Andes,” according to a statement from the archaeological site.

The model It is made of clay and small boulders or river stones, and consists of seven buildings, which have an average height of 20 centimeters, with approximately one meter on each side.

The press release explains that it was discovered on top of the public building of El Molino, a settlement located in the lower part of the Supa Valley (Barranca province, in the Lima region) and dates from Formative period (2200-1500 BC).

This one modeldiscovered in 2017, studied and conserved by archaeologists of the archaeological zone, and presented “as an exceptional proof of the existence of an expert in architecture, whose work consisted of planning the urban design of settlements, distributed in a diverse valley ecology.

“Research carried out since 2012 in the old urban center of El Molino in the Supe Valley, where the Carala civilization flourished, under the leadership of Dr. Ruth Shady Solís, Director Archaeological Zone Caral, Executive Unit 003 of the Ministry of Culturethey revealed details related to the planning and organization of ancient Andean urban centers,” the published information states.

The location of the settlement gave its inhabitants easy access to the resources of the river and the river Rit forestto springs, farmland and roads that led to Tayta Laynes Gorge and the coast.

El Molino consisted of a larger pyramidal public building and two smaller pyramidal public buildings, and these buildings were built around an open public space of almost one hectare in extension, while in the rear buildings in these two sectorsthere is another area where the remains of houses were found.

“In the deposits of the largest and smallest pyramid buildings, remains of marine molluscs were found, such as choro zapato, macha, olive, black snail and chanque. Among fish, anchovies and sardines. There are also plant remains, for example guava, squash, beans and cotton. It was, in short, a mixed subsistence economy, agro-fishery, fueled by the exchange of cotton,” the statement said.

Considering the characteristics of the city’s constituents, it can be stated that the society Mill he was ranked.

An example of this is the halls with central stoves surrounded by benches, located on top of buildingsthey testify to the performance of ceremonies in which elite settlers participated.

Since 1994 Archaeological zone Caral explores twelve urban centers, out of 25 identified, related to the Caral civilization, which is considered one of the world’s centers of civilization and the first on the American continent.