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THE sequence of cultures in Peru was first established on a scientific basis by the excavations of Max Uhle at Pachacamac and Moche; and this was in the main confirmed by A. L. Kroeber's field expeditions of 1925–26 and his classification of the Uhle collections in American museums; but the antecedents of the earliest and finest cultures, such as the Early Chimu and the Early Nasca are still unknown. Dr. J. Tello's intensive field researches have led him to the conclusion that the Coast cultures were to some extent derived from the Highlands, disagreeing in this and in other respects with the Uhle-Kroeber scheme. He regards the ‘Archaic Andean’ as the earliest, extending throughout the Highlands. Dr. H. U. Doering has recently found at Pacatnámu superimposed burials, of which he regards the oldest as having ‘Early Chimu’ affinities.
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Archæology in Peru: Recent Progress*. Nature 144, 841 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144841a0
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