A pre-Inca pot from underwater ruins discovered in an Andean lake provides a sedimentary record of marked hydrological change

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Michelutti, Neal, Sowell, Preston, Tapia, Pedro M., Grooms, Christopher, Polo, Martin, Gambetta, Alexandra, Ausejo, Carlos, Smol, John P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
• Subjects: Article; Inca; ice core
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6915777/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31844075; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55422-1

Pre-Hispanic artifacts and sacred architecture were recently discovered submerged in a large lake (Laguna Sibinacocha) in the Peruvian Andes. The underwater ruins indicate a dramatic shift in the region’s hydrology but the timing and triggers of this shift remain unknown. In a novel approach blendin...