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Oldest Known Gold Artifacts Discovered

Yessi Pratiwi — April 13, 2008 / 10:15 pm

It was revealed in ScienceDaily that a team of scientists led by an archaeologist from The University of Arizona has unearthed the oldest collection gold artifacts found in the Americas.

Mark Aldenderfer, a professor of anthropology at the UA, and his team excavated a site in the Peruvian Andes of South America, near Lake Titicaca. The site, Jiskairumoko, is located in a drainage basin where groups of hunters and gatherers were beginning to make the transition to a more settled existence.

Recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research was found supporting the hypothesis that the earliest metal industry in the Andes was with native gold. It also offers some insights into ways in which wealthier people in society competed for and acquired power and prestige, pointing the way for generations of rule by hereditary leaders.

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