An Early House from Chilca, Peru

1 October 1964

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity

Vol. 30 (2Part1) , 137-144
https://doi.org/10.2307/278845

Abstract

A semisubterranean cane and grass house was recently excavated at the site of Chilca on the central coast of Peru. The context in which it was found, as well as its associated radiocarbon date of 5370 ± 120 B.P., indicates that the house was made by early preceramic horticulturists. Seven burials were found inside. The remarkable state of preservation in which the house was found provided sufficient data for a full-scale reconstruction of the structure. This small, conical, beehive-type house is the earliest artificial shelter yet reported from Peru.

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