NASCA CULTURE IRON ORE MINING DISCOVERED
- From: michaelruggeri@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:37:27 -0800 (PST)
Listeros,
Purdue archaeologist Kevin Vaughn has discovered an intact iron ore
mine maintained by the Nasca culture in Peru (1-750 BCE). It is a
hematite mine and had been mined by earlier cultures going back 1400
years. Vaughn thinks that the ochre colored hematite was used for
ceramic paints and possible body paints, textiles and adobe walls.
They have found artifacts in the mine including corn cobs, stone
tools, textiles and pottery. The pottery allowed Vaughn to date the
mine.
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http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080129.074508&time=08%2003%20PST&year=2008&public=0
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