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Carbon dating identifies South America's oldest textiles to 12,000 years ago

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« on: April 17, 2011, 11:28:05 pm »

These early mountain forays set the stage for the permanent settlements that came later—after 11,000 years ago—when the climate had warmed, glaciers receded, and settlers had a chance to adapt to living at higher altitudes.
The textiles in context

In context, the Guitarrero textiles have become the oldest examples of this technology from South America and are among the earliest from all of the Americas. The next firmly dated textiles from South America derive from Paloma, also in Peru, dated to as early as 8,800 cal yr BP, and again are similar cordage, netting, bags, twined matting, and clothing made from plant fibres.

Fragments of knotted cords, possibly from nets, from Quebrada Jaguay, Peru, date to about ∼10,600 cal yr BP  and small fish bones, including drum at Quebrada Jaguay as well as anchovy and marine bird bones dated to ∼12,500 cal yr BP at Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru, further imply the existence of early and sophisticated netting technology in coastal Peru.

The c14 date and the technical execution of the Guitarrero textiles and cordage show the existence of a highly developed fibre-based technology for transport, trapping, hunting, and cooking, continuing to confirm a complex and early date of colonisation of the Americas.
More information

    * Lynch, Thomas F, R. Gillespie, John A. J. Gowlett, and R. E. M. Hedges. Chronology of Guitarrero Cave, Peru. Science. August 1985
    * Weber, George. Guitarrero cave (Ancash, Peru). Possible Relatives in the Americas. 11 July 2007
    * Peter Neal Peregrine, Melvin Ember, Human Relations Area Files – Encyclopaedia of Prehistory 2002
    * Guitarrero Cave

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