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Ongoing excavation and reconstruction undertaken by Ruth Shady Solís since 1996 have established Caral, once known as Chupe Cigarro, as the earliest known Andean pre-ceramic settlement to build large scale monumental architecture, beginning around 3,600 BC.

Caral, Supe Valley, Major Pyramid and Sunken Court, 1994