Archaeologists from Vladivostok discovered a unique ancient burial

Primorye archaeologists discovered in Ecuador ancient burial.

The bones found in the settlement of Real Alto belong to people who lived about 6 thousand years ago.

The Ecuadorian province on the peninsula of Santa Elena attracts scientists from around the world.

Here is the archaeological monument of the ancient human settlement.

For 4 years in a row, archaeologists of the Federal University have come here to dig.

Their scientific interest is compare the development of Homo sapiens on opposite sides of the ocean - the shores of South America and East Asia.

Several universities from different countries - Russia, Ecuador, and Japan - are participating in an international project.

This time five young archeologists come from Vladivostok. They say that the artifacts found there will be enough for a whole museum.

Here are shards of pottery, decorated with ornaments, fragments of dishes, tools.

In the cultural layer - the remains of an ancient meal: shells of mollusks and animal bones.

But the most interesting discovery was clay figures, personifying the ancestral spirits.

They were buried along with the departed, including skulls, teeth and bones of the limbs.

Archaeologists have discovered not a single burial, but a real cemetery, full of secrets and discoveries

People of pre-Columbian America was buried by a special ritual.

Firstly they cleaned the bones of the dead, then covered with paint and laid it in an unusual order.

Now they are waiting for a detailed analysis, which can give new knowledge about the development of culture and the way of life of the ancient man.