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Radiocarbon dating Machu Picchu, Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rainer Berger ,
Reinaldo Chohfi ,
Alfredo Valencia Zegarra ,
Wilfredo Yepez  and
Octavio Fernandez Carrasco
Rainer Berger
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, and Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Reinaldo Chohfi
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program and School of Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Alfredo Valencia Zegarra
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad, Cuzco, Peru
Wilfredo Yepez
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Cuzco, Peru
Octavio Fernandez Carrasco
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Cuzco, Peru
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New radiocarbon dates confirm the evident possibility that Machu Picchu was not an Inca foundation on a wholly new site, and give a first indication of the duration of the citadel's previous occupation.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 237 , December 1988 , pp. 707 - 710
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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