Chankillo: A 2300-year-old solar observatory in coastal Peru

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5816, 2007, Pages 1239-1243

  Ghezzi, Ivan ^a,b,c   Ruggles, Clive ^d  

^a Instituto Nacional de Cultura   (Peru)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBSERVATORY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; OBSERVATION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847626983     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136415     Document Type: Article

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33. We thank the numerous archaeologists and volunteers who participated in the Chankillo project, and especially J. L. Pino. We also thank Yale University, the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, NSF, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Field Museum, the Schwerin Foundation, and Earthwatch Institute for support, as well as the Asociacion Cultural Peruano Británica in Lima, Peru, for logistical and financial support. R. Towner and K. Anchukaitis were instrumental in securing five samples for dendrochronological dating. The warrior figurines were restored by Futuro Anterior. NSF funded all Accelerator Mass Spectrometry radiocarbon dates. I.G. is director of archaeology at the Instituto Nacional de Cultura.