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Science 18 September 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5384, pp. 1833 - 1835
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5384.1833
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Early Maritime Economy and El Niño Events at Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru
David K. Keefer,
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Susan D. deFrance,
Michael E. Moseley,
James B. Richardson III,
Dennis R. Satterlee,
Amy Day-Lewis
The archaeological site of Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru, dates to 12,700 to 12,500 calibrated years before the present (10,770 to 10,530 carbon-14 years before the present). It contains some of the oldest
evidence of maritime-based economic activity in the New World.
Recovered materials include a hearth, lithic cutting tools and flakes,
and abundant processed marine fauna, primarily seabirds and fish.
Sediments below and above the occupation layer were probably generated
by El Niño events, indicating that El Niño was active
during the Pleistocene as well as during the early and middle Holocene.
D. K. Keefer, U.S. Geological Survey MS 977, 345 Middlefield
Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. S. D. deFrance, Corpus Christi
Museum of Science and History, 1900 North Chaparral Street, Corpus
Christi, TX 78401, USA. M. E. Moseley, Department of Anthropology,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. J. B. Richardson III, Division of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, and Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 5800 Baum Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA. D. R. Satterlee,
Department of Geosciences, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA
71209, USA. A. Day-Lewis, Department of Geophysics, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
dkeefer{at}mojave.wr.usgs.gov
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