Preliminary surveys have identified 14 mammal species, many of which are listed as endangered, vulnerable, or near threatened. After what it took to get this research team to this field site from Cusco, Konecky was going for it. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Thompson, L. G. et al. The age profile on the left-hand side is based on the constant-rate-of-supply (CRS) model using excess. National Library of Medicine Mining poses threats through the facilitation of road building, environmental contamination, and the physical destruction of habitat and undocumented cultural features, but the prospected ore is very high in sulfur-bearing minerals, notably, pyrite. Webwant to go. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990). We use high-resolution ice core records from the nearby Quelccaya Ice Cap9 to place paleolimnological data obtained from the pot sediments within a paleoclimatic context. Location/Terrain: Glacial, rocky trails, snow-capped peaks and multiple high passes. Proc Nat Acad Sci 102, 43974402 (2005). But there is so much sun here, for so many hours of the day, that the largest high-alpine lake in the Andes never fully freezes. Smol, J. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55422-1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55422-1. An official website of the United States government. As archaeological investigations proceed, it seems apparent that this site held cultural significance to pre-Hispanic populations. Actually, we dont have a lot of data from South America, in general. The question arises whether local Quechua people, who likely carried out the traditions of the Inca well after their demise14,15, could have placed the pot into the lake as an offering after submergence of the site. 3a). Scientists have recorded about 70 species of birds in the region, many of which are setting altitude records for their species just by being there. The SHCal13 calibrated age ranges (2) with the highest relative areas under the probability distribution are 16681705 and 17211788 cal yr CE (Table1). Modelprojections of the future of the tropics are highly dependent on variables that are still being teased out, such as the relative role of natural climate variability versus external forcing (i.e., human-caused changes) on regional temperature, precipitation and evaporation. A helicopter evacuation wasnt an option, so they put me on a horse, but after 30 minutes I lost control of my abdominals and fell off. & Thompson, L. G. Ice-core pollen record of climatic changes in the central Andes during the last 400 yr. Quat Res 64, 272278 (2005). Laguna Sibinacocha (134926.44S; 710426.44W) is a large (~30 km2) and deep (>90m) lake located at an altitude of 4,870m asl in the Cordillera Vilcanota range of southeastern Peru (Fig. Geoff tried to give me a hose so I could share his air, but I realized that his tank was empty, too. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies Lake Sibinacocha[1][2] (possibly from Quechua siwina whistle, qucha lake, lagoon)[3] is a lake in Peru. This seems improbable given that the pot was recovered ~50m from the modern shoreline making too far a distance to throw from the waters edge. Hogg, A. G. et al. This has implications to the present-day, especially given the climate-related changes occurring within the Cordillera Vilcanota and the role of Laguna Sibinacocha as a critical water resource to hundreds of thousands of people in downstream communities. A pre-Inca pot from underwater ruins discovered in an Her focus is the Sibinacocha watershed of the Cordillera Vilcanota glacierized mountain range. UAV imagery was processed using Maps Made Easy (, Images of the pre-Inca study pot and its contents. Reimer, P. J. et al. The annual net accumulation (Fig.