UMaine-led research in northern Peru unearths oldest adobe architecture in the Americas – Ana Mauricio, D. Sandweiss, A. Kelley

On the north coast of Peru, researchers have discovered the oldest adobe architecture in the Americas, constructed with ancient mud bricks carved from natural clay deposits created by floods caused by El Nino. The pre-Hispanic bricks — carved from sedimentary layers versus created by mixing clay, temper and water — date the invention of adobe read more UMaine-led research in northern Peru unearths oldest adobe architecture in the Americas – Ana Mauricio, D. Sandweiss, A. Kelley