Chan-Chan
39°29′38″S 73°14′40″W / 39.49382579°S 73.24445019°W
Chan-Chan is an
allochthonous (exotic) and autochthonous (local) origin. The allochthonous material consist of volcanic rocks as well as retransportated mollusc shells. The autochthonous material is chiefly made of sands, gravel and peat.[1]
After examining several artifacts found on the coast of the
Chaitén Volcano, located 400 km south of Chan-Chan.[1][2] As of 2005, 3484 stone handcrafts and 12,050 carve outs have been found in Chan-Chan as well as bones from mammals, birds and fishes apart from middens[3] of marine invertebrate
shells.
The superficial layers of the Chan-Chan site were washed by the
Pino and Navarro.[1]
References
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Pino, Mario and Navarro, Rayen. Geoarqueología del sitio arcaico Chan-Chan 18. Revista Geológica de Chile, 2005.
- OCLC 61022562. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ Solari, María Eugenia (2007). "Environmental History of south-austral Chile (X-XII Region) during the Holocene]". Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales (13): 79–92. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.