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1. 1. Peruvian excavation yields pyramids, canals

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   Published on: 4/30/2001   Last Visited: 5/5/2001

   At least two cemeteries in the area had been so extensively looted that the pock marks from digging are visible from airplanes , said Robert Feldman , a research associate at the Field Museum who did some of the early excavation in the Supe Valley.
   
   Peru is one of half a dozen places in the world where civilization sprang up independently. Curiously , Caral was built at about the same time that monumental cities were going up in Egypt and China.
   
   One can always ask , 'Is there something going on that is more than just coincidence?' Sandweiss said.
   
   Perhaps populations were reaching a critical density at around that time , he said.