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Ruth Shady

b. 1946 · 20th century · Also known as Ruth Shady Solís

Ruth Shady Solís is a Peruvian archaeologist who has led excavations at Caral in the Supe valley since 1994. Her radiocarbon dates showed that Caral was a large planned centre by about 2600 BCE, making the Caral-Supe civilisation one of the oldest in the world. She led the effort that made Caral a World Heritage Site in 2009.

Ruth Shady
Image: Ruth Madelen Luna Cruz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Caral-Supe

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ruth Shady. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ruth-shady
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