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The Lost Pyramids of Caral & A Millennium of Peace

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The Lost Pyramids of Caral & A Millennium of Peace

In 2600 BC, on 200 acres, the Oldest City in the Americas, the Origin of American Civilization, thrived.  The Lost Pyramids of Caral encompass a city with some of the largest pyramids in the world, uncovered in the sand mounds of the Peruvian Desert, between the Pacific Ocean and the fertile forests.

Called the Mother City, Caral’s uniqueness is highlighted by its cultural diversity; agriculture achievements; and trade relations.  In its prime, Caral was a grand center of trade and commerce.  With no fortifications, no war depictions, and no signs of warfare; it was a time of peace and play. 

With trade relations over 200 miles away, the people of Caral enjoyed a booming commerce

around fishermen, farmers, and traveling merchants.  Farmers grew food and durable fibers for fish nets; traded to fishermen for a share of their sea harvest; and created a self-sustaining community based on peaceful trade networks.

The people of Caral were a truly diverse culture with sea traders, farmers, fishermen, forest natives, and distant traveling merchants filling the streets with their wares.  Craftsmen made the sounds of the day, with beautifully carved hand flutes.  Doctors prescribed herbal remedies and sanitation.  Farmers tended the vast gardens of fruits, vegetables, grains, and fibrous plants for netting and textiles.

Their key to success was their technological advancement: irrigation.  Irrigation from the  neighboring Andes rivers gave Caral the possibility for life: water, food, community, diversity, and peace.  This critical innovation provided the vast store of food and plumped water to its residents.

Agriculture and Trade were the unifying forms for this cultures’ millennium of peace.

What is the form we want our future to take?

Watch the BBC Documentary The Lost Pyramids of Caral on Google video.

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Sarah Perkins

Sarah Perkins, a sustainability engineer, spends her time educating construction professionals on the social and economic benefits of understanding and implementing sustainable building techniques.  She’s studied in Denmark with leading sustainability experts, investigating functioning methods for sustainable living, including: passive and active solar technologies, wind turbines, biogas digestion, humanure utilization, greywater restoration, and much more.  Her knowledge and experience in the field led to her position as Construction Manager for the Cliff Village Greenhouse Project, in which Sarah and co-inventor Joe Blundell built the first prototype for a self-heating greenhouse.  This initial prototype, which was later developed into the C.O.R.E. Building Technology, melded together Sarah’s construction and management skills in communication, engineering, and design, with her agriculture skills in organic farming, humanure composting, and edible landscaping.  After further design development, Sarah founded Sustainable Living Systems, Inc., a green-construction and design firm offering The C.O.R.E. Home

Website: www.thecorehome.com/

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