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    The Andean preceramic refers to the early period of human occupation in the Andean area of South America that preceded the introduction of ceramics. This...
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    Altiplano. The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is surrounded by and contains various Andean unique ecosystems; páramos. 60% of all páramos in the world are situated...
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    Caral–Supe civilization (category Andean preceramic)
    discoverers. Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal Peru portal Andean preceramic Iperú, Peru tourist information List of Norte Chico archaeological...
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    Lauricocha culture (category Andean preceramic)
    – 6000 BC (Andean preceramic III) Lauricocha II: 6000 – 4200 BC (Andean preceramic IV) Lauricocha III: 4200 – 2500 BC (Andean preceramic V) Amotape complex...
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    Kotosh Religious Tradition (category Andean preceramic)
    Andes between circa 3000 and c. 1800 BCE, during the Andean preceramic, or Late Archaic period of Andean history. Archaeologists have identified and excavated...
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    settlement in the Andean region dating to circa 15,000 BCE, in what archaeologists call the Lithic Period. In the ensuing Andean preceramic period, plants...
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    Chinchorro mummies (category Andean preceramic)
    Rivera, Mario A. "The Preceramic Chinchorro Mummy Complex of Northern Chile: Context, Style and Purpose." Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices...
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    Ancon (archaeological site) (category Andean preceramic)
    throughout all periods of Andean history. The oldest evidence of human occupation dates back 10,000 years ago to the preceramic period. The beach resort...
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    settlement in the Andean region dating to circa 15,000 BCE, in what archaeologists call the Lithic Period. In the ensuing Andean preceramic period, plants...
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    Caral (category Andean preceramic)
    de élite enterrado hace 4,500 años en Áspero". [1], "Dating Caral, a Preceramic Site in the Supe Valley on the Central Coast of Peru" SCIENCE, 27 Apr...
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    Chinchorro culture (category Andean preceramic)
    The Chinchorro culture of South America was a preceramic culture that lasted from 9,100 to 3,500 years BP (7,000 to 1,500 BCE). The people forming the...
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    Sechin Bajo (category Andean preceramic)
    Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site with ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE, making it not only one of the oldest centers of civilization in...
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    Casma–Sechin culture (category Andean preceramic)
    period. Preceramic Period (3000 – 1800 BCE) (2500 – 1800 BCE is called the Cotton Preceramic Period or Preceramic Period VI). The Preceramic Period is...
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  • La Galgada (archaeological site) (category Andean preceramic)
    built within the Kotosh Religious Tradition during the preceramic, or Late Archaic period of Andean history. The site itself is located on the eastern bank...
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    Isla del Sol (category Andean preceramic)
    a small peak above the Bay of Challa, led to the recovery of Archaic Preceramic remains that radiocarbon dated to about 2200 BC. Eight obsidian flakes...
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  • networks. Lauricocha II: 6000 – 4200 BC (Andean preceramic IV) ends. Lauricocha III: 4200 – 2500 BC (Andean preceramic V) begins. Chiefdoms and fish gatherer-hunter...
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    had been created and flourished for thousands of years during the Andean preceramic period. Yet the ceramics appear only during the Initial Period around...
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    Bandurria, Peru (category Andean preceramic)
    the preservation efforts.[citation needed] Caral Caral civilization Andean preceramic Munro, Kimberly (June 2011). "Ancient Peru: The first cities". Popular...
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  • Huaricanga (category Andean preceramic)
    the work in English-language sources. It has altered the understanding of Andean highlands history. This region on Peru’s north central Pacific coast is...
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  • different chronologies are used instead depending on the area (e.g. the Andean Preceramic, the North American Archaic and Formative periods). Similarly, since...
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    Aspero (category Andean preceramic)
    a much larger cultural system that spread across several valleys. Andean preceramic Huaricanga "Caral: hallan momia de mujer con 4.500 años de antigüedad...
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    Paiján culture (category Andean preceramic)
    Pampa De Cupisnique, Peru”, Claude Chauchat in Ñawpa Pacha: Journal of Andean Archaeology, 13, 1975 “The Paijan Complex, Pampa De Cupisnique, Peru” Maggard...
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  • Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru (category Andean civilizations)
    This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the...
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  • Zaña Valley (archaeology) (category Andean preceramic)
    of the temple. Ancient Peru Andean preceramic Dillehay, Tom D.; Eling Jr., Herbert H.; Rossen, Jack (2005). "Preceramic Irrigation Canals in the Peruvian...
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    Chiribaya culture (category Andean preceramic)
    altitudes to produce a wide variety of food and industrial crops. High altitude Andean cultures and civilizations established colonies at lower elevations near...
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    Pre-Columbian Peru (category Andean civilizations)
    3000 BCE, and this is now known as the Cotton Preceramic Period, which was part of the Andean preceramic period. These early societies focused on the gathering...
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    Guitarrero Cave (category Andean preceramic)
    Ayacucho Region of south central Peru as early as 4,400 and 3,100 BCE. Andean preceramic Weber, George. "Guitarrero cave (Ancash, Peru)." Archived 2010-04-29...
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  • List of Norte Chico archaeological sites (category Andean preceramic)
    The following is a list of archaeological sites of the Norte Chico civilization (also Caral civilization). The Norte Chico comprises four coastal river...
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    El Paraíso, Peru (category Andean preceramic)
    pronunciation: [el paɾaˈiso], "The Paradise") is the modern name of a Late Preceramic (3500–1800 BC) archaeological site located in the Chillón Valley on the...
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    Las Haldas (category Andean preceramic)
    Pozorski, p. 49 Raymond, J. Scott (1981). "The Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: A Reconsideration of the Evidence". American Antiquity. 46...
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