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The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people. [1] They stretched down the spine of the Andes for 4,000 km (2,500 miles) from southern Colombia, to Ecuador and Peru, including the deserts of coastal Peru, to north Chile and northwest Argentina. Archaeologists believe that Andean civilizations first ...
In the ensuing Andean preceramic period, plants began to be widely cultivated, and first complex society, Caral-Supe civilization, emerged at 3500 BC, and lasted until 1800 BC. Also, distinct religious centres emerged, such as the Kotosh Religious Tradition in the highlands.
The Inca Empire was the last chapter of thousands of years of Andean civilizations. The Andean civilization is one of at least five civilizations in the world deemed by scholars to be "pristine." The concept of a "pristine" civilization refers to a civilization that has developed independently of external influences and is not a derivative of ...
The Andes range has many active volcanoes distributed in four volcanic zones separated by areas of inactivity. The Andean volcanism is a result of the subduction of the Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plate underneath the South American Plate. The belt is subdivided into four main volcanic zones that are separated from each other by volcanic gaps.
Andean culture is a collective term used to refer to the indigenous peoples of the Andes mountains [citation needed] especially those that came under the influence of the Inca Empire [citation needed]. Cultures considered Andean include: Atacama people; Aymara people; Muisca people or Chibcha; Andean civilizations; Quechua people; Uru people ...
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 area. An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dates for some archaeological finds.
The Andean preceramic refers to the early period of human occupation in the Andean area ... a remarkable feature of this civilization is the apparent absence of any ...
This a category for indigenous groups living in the Andean region, including the Central Andes (Central Highlands, North Coast, Southern Highlands), the Northern Andes, and Southern Andes. Precolumbian Andean cultures are typically categorized in Category:Andean civilizations.