Yet, despite the fame of the desert images, very little serious archaeological work has been carried out. (newscientist.com)
There have also been complaints about the quality of some commercial archaeological work. (scientificamerican.com)
The discovery is important for reasons beyond the city's age — it throws into question many assumptions on which a great deal of archaeological work is based, because the inhabitants of Caral built a social and political structure, not to mention monumental architecture, without the trappings of writing, metallurgy, or ceramics. (discovermagazine.com)