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1. Peruvian excavation yields pyramids, canals
cofax.centredaily.com/content/ - [Cached]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.

