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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The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of individuals from the South American Chinchorro culture, found in what is now northern Chile. They are the...
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This is a list of pre-Columbian cultures. Many pre-Columbian civilizations established permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, and complex societal...
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Qaluyu, Chiripa, Pukara, Wankarani and Early Tiwanaku. Chiripa culture Chinchorro culture Pre-Columbian Bolivia Prehispanic history of Chile Time and Process...
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The Nazca culture (also Nasca) was the archaeological culture that flourished from c. 100 BC to 800 AD beside the arid, southern coast of Peru in the...
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civilization (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmotʃe]; alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its...
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The Chavín culture was a pre-Columbian civilization, developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru around 900 BCE, ending around 250 BCE. It extended...
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The Valdivia culture is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas. It emerged from the earlier Las Vegas culture and thrived along the...
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Prehispanic history of Chile (section The Chinchorro)
settlement in this region. The Chinchorro are famous for their detailed mummification practice (Chinchorro mummies). The culture lasted for several thousand...
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Nuria; Arriaza, Bernardo T.; Standen, Vivien G., eds. (2015). The Chinchorro culture: a comparative perspective, the archaeology of the earliest human...
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