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12.000 BC – 1534 AC

TIME FOOD SUPPLY

12000 – 3900 BC HUNTERS - COLLECTORS

3900 – 1300 BC AGRICULTURE; THEY EAT WHAT THEY PLANT; HUNT, FISH AND HERD LLAMAS

1300 – 550 BC AGRICULTURE; THEY TRADE HARVEST SURPLUS

550 BC – 1500 AC AGRICULTURE; THEY TRADE IN MARKETS; ALLIANCES

1500 – 1534 AC AGRICULTURE, POTTERY, HANDICRAFTS, TRADING, CITY PLANNING

12.000 BC – 1534 AC

TIME SOCIAL STRUCTURE

12000 – 3900 BC “BANDA”

3900 – 1300 BC TRIBES

1300 – 550 BC COMPLEX TRIBES

550 BC – 1500 AC CHIEF OR LANDLORD

1500 – 1534 AC EMPIRE

12.000 BC – 1534 AC

TIME HOUSING FORMS

12000 – 3900 BC CAMP SITES

3900 – 1300 BC ISOLATED VILLAGES

1300 – 550 BC CONCENTRATED VILLAGES

550 BC – 1500 AC SMALL CITIES OR TOWNS

1500 – 1534 AC CITIES

12.000 BC – 1534 AC

TIME POTTERY

12000 – 3900 BC PRECERAMICO

3900 – 1300 BC FORMATIVO TEMPRANO / MEDIO

1300 – 550 BC FORMATIVO TARDIO

550 BC – 1500 AC DESARROLLO REGIONAL E INTEGRACION

1500 – 1534 AC INTEGRACION

FORMATIVO TEMPRANO

FORMATIVO TARDIO

HOW DID THEY GET SOUTH AMERICA?

• THEY CAME FROM EGIPT• THEY CAME FROM

POLYNESIA• THEY CAME THROUGH

BERING STRAIT• THEIR ANCESTORS WERE

ALIENS

BERING STRAIT THEORY

THEY KNOW HOW TO …

• PLANT AND HARVEST•HUNT AND HERD

•DESIGN AND MAKE TOOLS •MAKE FIRE• TRADE

HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM?

ARCHEAOLOGY SETTLEMENT

REMAINSPOTTERY

INGA 9000 BC

CHOBSHI 8000 BC

CUBILAN8000 BC

LAS VEGAS8000 BC

JONDACHI8000 BC

“EL INGA”

ARCHEOLOGISTS: ROBERT BELL AND ERNESTO SALAZAR

FINDINGS ANALISIS SHOW THAT FIRST NATIVES WERE

• EXPERIENCED HUNTERS • THEY DEVELOPED THEIR OWN TOOLS FROM ROCK,

WOOD AND BONE• LIVING IN TWO DIFFERENT CAMPSITES

• IN THE FIRST ONE WOMEN COLLECTED FOOD• IN THE SECOND ONE MEN HUNTED

CUBILAN AND CHOBSHI

ARCHEOLOGISTS MADE ALMOST THE SAME FINDINGS AS “EL INGA”BUT THEY COULD RECOGNIZED WHAT WAS THEIR DIET.

DEER - GUINEA PIGS - RABITS

LAS VEGASARCHEOLOGIST: KAREN STOTHERT FOUND 31 SITES IN “SANTA ELENA”MAIN FINDINGS:

• SEA ANIMALS BONES• TOOLS MADE OF STONE, SHELLS • HUMAN BONES

“LOS AMANTES DE SUMPA”

JONDACHI

ARCHEOLOGIST: PEDRO PORRAS GARCES

FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT FIRST NATIVES WERE CONSTANTLY MOVING AND LOOKING FOR FOOD

ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND KNIVES AND TOOLS MADE OF OBSIDIAN USING PERCUSION

PLACE PRE-CERAMIC ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES