Peru gas workers unearth centuries of history in Lima's soil

[Judi Lynn]

For nearly two decades, workers for a company building gas lines across Peru’s capital have found themselves unearthing a treasure trove of history
By
FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press
February 18, 2020, 12:12 PM
3 min read

LIMA, Peru -- For nearly two decades, workers for a company building gas lines across Peru’s capital have found themselves unearthing a treasure trove of history.

On one recent afternoon, a team came across four burials accompanied by ceramics from a pre-Incan civilization. Two years earlier, they found the bodies of farmers who had been among the first wave of Chinese immigrants in the 19th century.

“Lima literally sits atop a cultural bank,” with one layer of history atop another, said Alexis Solis, one of 40 archaeologists who work for the Calidda national gas company that is installing lines across the city.

The cooperation is a step forward for preservation in a metropolis whose rapid growth over the past century led to the destruction of many important sites.

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