Pikimachay
Sign in to save'''Piki Mach'ay' (Quechua piki flea, mach'ay cave, "flea cave", also spelled Pikimachay, Piquimachay, where machay'' means "drunkenness", "to get drunk" or "a spindle packed with thread") is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of Peru. Radiocarbon dating from this cave indicates a human presence ranging from 22,200 to 14,700 years ago, but this evidence has been disputed and a more conservative date of 12,000 years BCE seems possible.
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- Ancient site.name
- Piki Mach'ay
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- Peru
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- Piki Mach'ay
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- location in Peru
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- 240
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- 1
- Ancient site.location
- Peru
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- Ayacucho Region
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'''Piki Mach'ay' (Quechua piki flea, mach'ay cave, "flea cave", also spelled Pikimachay, Piquimachay, where machay'' means "drunkenness", "to get drunk" or "a spindle packed with thread") is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of Peru. Radiocarbon dating from this cave indicates a human presence ranging from 22,200 to 14,700 years ago, but this evidence has been disputed and a more conservative date of 12,000 years BCE seems possible.
Richard S. MacNeish was the first archaeologist to explore Piki Mach'ay. Evidence of long-term human occupation has been found at the site, though that evidence still remains controversial.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pikimachay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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