the norte chico built the first known civilization in the americas.
the norte chico built the first known civilization in the americas.
who built the first known civilization in the americas?
the norte chico
in the late archaic, on the north-central coastal region of peru, a complex civilization arose which has been termed the norte chico civilization, also known as caral-supe. it is the oldest known civilization in the americas and one of the five sites where civilization originated independently and indigenously in the ancient world, flourishing between the 30th and 18th centuries bc. it pre-dated the mesoamerican olmec civilization by nearly two millennia. it was contemporaneous with the egypt following the unification of its kingdom under narmer and the emergence of the first egyptian hieroglyphics.
history of the americas
the earliest known civilization is the olmec. this civilization established the cultural blueprint by which all succeeding indigenous civilizations would follow in mexico. pre-olmec civilization began with the production of pottery in abundance, around 2300 bce in the grijalva river delta. between 1600 and 1500 bce, the olmec civilization had begun, with the consolidation of power at their capital, a site today known as san lorenzo tenochtitlán near the coast in southeast veracruz. the olmec influence extended across mexico, into central america, and along the gulf of mexico. they transformed many peoples' thinking toward a new way of government, pyramid-temples, writing, astronomy, art, mathematics, economics, and religion. their achievements paved the way for the maya civilization and the civilizations in central mexico.
pre-columbian era