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Radiocarbon dating Machu Picchu, Peru
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
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New radiocarbon dates confirm the evident possibility that Machu Picchu was not an Inca foundation on a wholly new site, and give a first indication of the duration of the citadel's previous occupation.
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