Luke Caverns

And I think maybe the first time we start seeing architecture with four walls and big interiors that you can walk into. I say big, but for ancient people, big interiors that you can walk into, huge stones, and they're being influenced by the Amazon. And I think this is where Andean civilization gets their pottery, right?

And I think maybe the first time we start seeing architecture with four walls and big interiors that you can walk into. I say big, but for ancient people, big interiors that you can walk into, huge stones, and they're being influenced by the Amazon. And I think this is where Andean civilization gets their pottery, right?

This is the first place we see, one of the first places we see some pottery pop up.

This is the first place we see, one of the first places we see some pottery pop up.

This is the first place we see, one of the first places we see some pottery pop up.

They... There's earlier examples that are happening in Ecuador, but it's one of the main corridors where pottery starts being a common wear.

They... There's earlier examples that are happening in Ecuador, but it's one of the main corridors where pottery starts being a common wear.

They... There's earlier examples that are happening in Ecuador, but it's one of the main corridors where pottery starts being a common wear.

So really, really, really important site. And when archaeologists first discovered it, or the local people always knew that it was there, but when they first get there, they pull all the artifacts out. And so when you pull everything out of its original context, you can't study it anymore, if that makes sense. That is not replicable.

So really, really, really important site. And when archaeologists first discovered it, or the local people always knew that it was there, but when they first get there, they pull all the artifacts out. And so when you pull everything out of its original context, you can't study it anymore, if that makes sense. That is not replicable.

So really, really, really important site. And when archaeologists first discovered it, or the local people always knew that it was there, but when they first get there, they pull all the artifacts out. And so when you pull everything out of its original context, you can't study it anymore, if that makes sense. That is not replicable.

And so in that way, archaeology is kind of like a technique, right? You have to do it properly the first time because you can't repeat that, if that makes sense. Yeah, no, it makes a lot of sense.

And so in that way, archaeology is kind of like a technique, right? You have to do it properly the first time because you can't repeat that, if that makes sense. Yeah, no, it makes a lot of sense.

And so in that way, archaeology is kind of like a technique, right? You have to do it properly the first time because you can't repeat that, if that makes sense. Yeah, no, it makes a lot of sense.

It's a good example. To elaborate on what Luke said, underneath Chavin de Quantar were these crazy labyrinths, and they would take twists and turns and have all sorts of little closets along the way, but at the termination of these five or six different labyrinths,

It's a good example. To elaborate on what Luke said, underneath Chavin de Quantar were these crazy labyrinths, and they would take twists and turns and have all sorts of little closets along the way, but at the termination of these five or six different labyrinths,

It's a good example. To elaborate on what Luke said, underneath Chavin de Quantar were these crazy labyrinths, and they would take twists and turns and have all sorts of little closets along the way, but at the termination of these five or six different labyrinths,

were piles of different kinds of artifacts there were some that have just animal bones there were some that just had pottery there were some that just had like stone sculptures and uh the idea that's been passed down since that excavation is that this was a pilgrimage site and people were taking specific things for for specific purposes

were piles of different kinds of artifacts there were some that have just animal bones there were some that just had pottery there were some that just had like stone sculptures and uh the idea that's been passed down since that excavation is that this was a pilgrimage site and people were taking specific things for for specific purposes

were piles of different kinds of artifacts there were some that have just animal bones there were some that just had pottery there were some that just had like stone sculptures and uh the idea that's been passed down since that excavation is that this was a pilgrimage site and people were taking specific things for for specific purposes