Peruvian territory has been inhabited for 20,000 years by hunters and collectors. According to some, lithic rests found in the caves of Piquimachay (Ayacucho), Chivateros, Lauricocha, Paijan, and Toquepala provides the evidence for tthe date. The oldest primitive cultures appeared in 10000 BC in the Guitarrero Cave, Yungay, then in the coast (in the provinces of Chilca and Paracas) and in the highlands (in the Callejon de Huaylas). 3000 years later, people became sedentary (Jiskairumoko, Kotosh, Huaca Prieta) so they began to cultivate plants like maize and cotton (Gossypium barbadense) and to tame some animals too. Later technology came along to help with the refinement by spinning and knitting of cotton and wool. They also began to do some basketry and they made the first potteries.
Civilizations
Examples of Andean civilizations include:
- Norte Chico civilization (Also know as Caral-Supe, nearly from 3.000 B.C)
- Chavin
- Paracas
- Mochica
- Nazca
- Tiahuanaco
- Wari
- Chimu
These cultures developed advanced techniques of cultivation, gold and silver work, pottery, metallurgy and knitting. They also made social organizations that later (around the century XII AC) formed the base of the Inca Empire.
Gallery
Image:Andean_Bronze_Age_Bottle.jpg|An Andean bronze bottle made by Chimu artisans from circa 1300 A.D.
Image: Estela.jpg|The Stele from the Chavin Culture, Ancash, Peru
Image:Moche_pottery01.jpg|Moche pottery, Lambayeque, Peru
Image:Tiahuanaco Sun port.jpg|The Tiahuanaco Gate of the Sun, Puno, Peru
Image:Nazca-pottery-(01).png|Polychrome, fish-shaped, nazca vessel, Ica, Peru
See also
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