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Caral
Outside a sunken plaza at Caral lay 32 flutes of pelican bone, set together on a stone and covered in sand.
The Caral culture developed between 3000 and 1800 BC (Late Archaic and Lower Formative…
No weapons have turned up at Caral. Is that enough to say the city ran without force, or does it only show what has not been dug yet?
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