people lived 5,000 years ago off the coast of Rio de la Plata. A group of archaeologists
belonging to the National Anthropology Museum, discovered the remains of populations which inhabited the shores of San Jose and the Santa Lucia under 5,000 years ago.
The finding allows us to know how was the lifestyle, food, wildlife, geography and climate in that ancient time. Blow stone and pottery found in 71 archaeological sites are being analyzed and studied by specialists to conclude that national history in terms of our indigenous ancestors may experience a fundamental shift, given that these populations are much older take Japan.
According to the statement made by the researchers, the study was conducted mainly in the area known as "Mainunby" in Melilla, is to characterize the prehistoric occupation of Montevideo.
The site is located approximately 30 minutes from downtown, near the shores of the Rio Santa Lucia.
"The importance of studying the archaeological site lies, among other things, that is one of the few remaining prehistoric sites in that department, as urbanization has destroyed the rest. On the other hand is a pioneering experience in the articulation of archaeological studies in a protected area, one of the archaeologists said. "Excavations have characterized the location as a prehistoric site.
"were recovered ceramic and stone. The next steps in the laboratory investigation will allow us to temporarily limit the occupations and activities in it. " These studies
prehistoric archaeological fall in the "Archaeological Research Project in the lower Santa Lucia and San Jose coast, through an agreement signed between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the districts of Montevideo and San José, and to undertake an extensive area these two departments.
The beginnings of these studies date back to 2000, when records began to work in the area in prehistoric archeology.
"We have been an interesting surprise expressed by archaeologists, because we thought they were people who would have about 2,000 or 2,500 years as very old, but in reality we find that have about 5,000 years old. "
said to begin field studies should address "all that is mapping, aerial photos, landscape evolution in that area."
"We have people who lived 5,000 years ago and the landscape of that time was not the same today. There are elements in archaeological studies to help the reconstruction of the ancient countries, before these areas were high, are now flooded areas. Another objective was to know how old these people were, how they lived, how they relate to the environment. "
are towns that we saw were potters. So it's a very interesting thing because the older population with these characteristics that Uruguay had settled some 3,800 years. And now we are postulating that were much older, which is in time with a full review about the ancient potters hunter-gatherer populations in America.
They said that another surprise was the discovery of 71 prehistoric archaeological sites "in an area where progress of civilization has been very important. But luckily still remains of the past that allow us to know where these indigenous people camped, where they hunted, where they buried their dead.
They managed hace5.000 years certain plants, some crops, and we're seeing now, if archaeological remains were horticultura.Los by the team of researchers have been remains of stone, which was the most resistant to make hunting tools.
Through the stone we know what distances traveled to obtain a special type of stone, which sometimes are close to the sites, and other times were at 100 or 200 kms. There
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rviene factor mobility and exchange and there are stones that are similar in the Province of Buenos Aires which would indicate a contact between indigenous groups the time. Another
findings have been pieces of pottery. On this particular archaeologist said "the remains left in the pot we know what they ate, to approach your diet and how they used the clay for making pottery, how to decorate. If these decorations had to do with the burials, if they were ritual or not. We have seen a very utilitarian pottery decorated but quite another connected with the burials.
found an extinct animal that is in the archaeological sites, such as the
marsh deer. We found also the remains of fish, sea bass, and found a number of faunal remains 5,000 years ago that make us explore something else, such as whether there were periods drier or warmer, than there are now. Flora
We had a number of palm trees such as palm Pindó, among others, in almost the entire area, which was exploited in different ways, like other vegetation, which seeks to determine.
know whether these people 5,000 years ago have to do with the ancient inhabitants of the country was known until now as the Charruas or Minuanes, among others, has all sorts of challenges and uncertainties.
If we are talking about populations ago 5,000 years, and if they are the ancestors of the Minuanes charrúas or tribes who were seen by the English arrival, is a whole discussion.
Some historians say that no, there were various waves of immigration.
Others say that there was a continuity, change and evolution of these groups.
may be a mixture of both, and what we are trying to assess is how much of migration and how much of evolution. The most important of this research is that until 1998, the area had small references from people who were collectors.
A turn of the century discovered in a sandpit, a place known as La Tuna, three skeletons, which is the most important reference.
turn had reference Montevideo through Olivera Pancho collections that there were certain places where he had found material and human remains.
But there was a general survey of the area, no systematic survey.
The archaeologists explained how they formed the Santa Lucia River Wetlands.
"some 5,000 years ago there was a period of warmer and wetter that caused sea level rise. Then we had a river estuary in the Santa Lucia and the level of the Rio de la Plata was much higher than we have now. That makes the first inhabitants who lived in the area to settle in a place that was an estuary. Then the waters receded due to a drier period to form wetlands. This is a very important feature because these groups were looking for a specific environment is the wetland, which had an impressive wealth in terms of fauna and flora. As wetlands were formed this group or groups were occupying coastlines.
He is also an area with fixed resources, such as the lithic rock that comes out a lot in the area, making it a buffer zone of these changes. And again we have indications that there as an appropriation of space if you will, looking for a place to bury their dead, seeking cultigens.
At other times there is a warmer period, which are located in some 700 years earlier. So that was passed from an estuary to a lagoon and then to the wetlands that we have now.
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The draft social rental and supportive of the Amulp, until the camp is composed of the Kura 
The cultural show was first class. 
Located on the beach itself. 
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