The Prehistoric Civilization Of Chavin

The Andes consists of the Andes mountain range and the surrounding areas. Each of these regions experienced booms and lulls in the constantly changing silver economy, while simultaneously changing the dynamic of local societies. Despite the differences in the changes that occurred in each region, all three societies were significantly shaped during the 16th and 17th centuries. These changes were also accompanied by continuities of indigenous culture and government adapted to benefit the Spanish colonial rule. Indigenous ways of life would not dissipate easily, much to the apprehension of the rulers of Spanish America. By analyzing the changes and continuities of each region of Spanish America, while also utilizing the effects of ethnic identities, it becomes apparent the drastic changes that the global silver economy had on the societies and culture of not only indigenous people but also Spanish colonist and their black

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Prior to European colonization, Colombia’s domestic cultures varied from anywhere between simple hunting and gathering societies to well developed civilizations. Two of the most developed cultures, who were indigenous to the area now known as present-day Colombia, were the Taironas and the Chibchas. The Taironas lived in the mountains to the northeast of Colombia.

groups have different architectural styles than one another and the colonial style. As shown by an

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The oral history of these people talk about how groups or bands of people were entrusted to care for the environment and resources within their ancestral territory (About The Hualapai Nation, 22). They are descendants of a group called the Cerbat (“Hualapai Tribe”). The tribe’s ancestral territory estimated to be about five million acres (About The Hualapai

This carved head was built by the Olmec civilization around 1200-400 BC. A lot of these carved heads are found in the oldest Olmec settlement San Lorenzo. The carved head represents an old Olmec ruler. These heads were made in honor of powerful Olmec rulers.

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Moche: An important regional civilization of Peru, governed by warrior-priests; flourished from around 100to800c.e. (pron. MO-che)

From three thousand BC to one thousand two hundred BC, this mighty nation lived. In Peru, near the city of Lima, scientists discovered a city. A sunken plaza, a big amphitheater, a city in ruins. Sadly, they disappeared. One of the skeletons they found, was a woman. By what the scientists could tell, she had a high status, and, based on what they found in the grave, this civilization practiced equality between men and women. I welcome you, to the oldest civilization, Norte Chico.

“Huacas” were places building with thousands of bricks in a pyramid shape. Their bricks were decorated and sign for the Moche builders of the time. Is incredible to see this magnifies Architect of this pyramids and not compared with the Ancient Egypt pyramids for they similitudes but the differences between this two Ancient cultures The Moche used “Huacas” for apparently partly temples, palaces, administrative centers, and ritual meeting places and the Egyptians used to please their

Two thousand years ago the American southwest was populated by a group of people called the Anasazi or “the ancient ones”. They began to build a series of great housing complexes and by the middle of the 12-century the Anasazi disappeared and no one knows why. These early Anasazi were nomadic hunters-gatherers ranging over great territories then began to settle in communities such as the Chaco Canyon which is now in New Mexico. Four hundred years later Spanish settlers stumbled upon these cities and called it Pueblo Bonito.

The Ancient Puebloans were a prehistoric Native American civilization. They first appeared around 1200 B.C, whom are known as the early Native Americans, first settled in the plateau area. They were first nomadic hunters and gatherers, then later started cultivating crops and building permanent dwellings. They are split into two groups, Basket Makers and the Puebloans. By 1300 A.D, some say due to a drought, or a “nuclear winter”, or the increase of violence; the Four Corners Area had been abandoned, many abandoned settlements were left, leaving behind pots and baskets. Many people are not certain on what happened to them, their disappearance is still questioned.

In Peruvian city, many Peruvians had been one of the world's greatest experiments with agriculture, the Peruvians had built numerous areas where crops could be grown in many different ways. The Peruvians had grown corn in many varieties and diverse habits. They also cultivated the Native American grain crops in the Quechua called Kiwicha and quinoa.The Persians sought to develop a different kind of plant for every type of soil, sun , and moisture condition.They had wanted the potatoes to vary in size,texture, and colors. They had wanted diversity for the aesthetic pleasure of having for having many shapes, colors, and texture, but for the practical reason for such variations in appearance. Also due to the ruins shown in precision- crafted buildings with neat regular lines, beveled edges and mortarless seams characterize the best of the Inca architecture

As far as the central temple at Chavín de Huantar is concerned, it was almost certainly a centre of sacred pilgrimage built up over a period of centuries into a large ceremonial complex used at appropriate calendrical intervals to focus the spiritual, political, and economic energies of a vast area (at least large enough to include a range of produce for local consumption from tropical forest, high Andean and desert coast regions). The magnificent stone