System for dating cultural periods in the Andean Region
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This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area. An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dates for some archaeological finds.
Most of the cultures of the Late Horizon and some of the cultures of the Late Intermediate joined the Inca Empire by 1493, but the period ends in 1532 because that marks the fall of the Inca empire after the Spanish conquest . Most of the cut-off years mark either an end of a severe drought or the beginning of one. These marked a shift of the most productive farming to or from the mountains, and tended to mark the end of one culture and the rise of another.
The more recent findings concerning the Norte Chico civilization are not included on this list, as it was compiled before the site at Caral was investigated in detail.
Period Dates Cultures Lithic and Andean preceramic Period I 12000 BCE – 9500 BCE Red Zone (12000 BCE – 10500 BCE), Oquendo (10500 BCE – 9500 BCE)Period II 9500 BCE – 8000 BCE Chivateros I Period III 8000 BCE – 6000 BCE Arenal , Chivateros II , Lauricocha I , Playa Chira , Puyenca , Toquepala I Period IV 6000 BCE – 4200 BCE Ambo , Canario, Siches , Lauricocha II , Luz , Toquepala II Period V 4200 BCE – 2500 BCE Honda , Lauricocha III , Pernil Alto , Sechin Bajo , Viscachani Period VI (Cotton Pre-ceramic ) 2500 BCE – 1800 BCE Norte Chico (Caral), Buena Vista , Casavilca , Culebras , Ventarron , Viscachani, Huaca Prieta , Las Haldas Ceramic Initial Period (Also called Formative Period) 1800 BCE – 900 BCE Early Chiripa , Kotosh culture , Cupisnique , Toríl (The Cumbe Mayo aqueduct was built c. 1000 BCE), Las Haldas , Pucará , Casma–Sechin .Early Horizon (Also called Formative Period)900 BCE – 200 BCE Chavín , Late Chiripa, Paracas, Pechiche, Pucará, Sechura, Casma–SechinEarly Intermediate 200 BCE – 600 CE Moche, Nazca, Recuay, Lima, Tiwanaku, Pechiche, Piura, Salinar, Vicus, Huarpa, Virú Middle Horizon 600 CE – 1000 CE Wari, Tiwanaku, Piura, Las Ánimas, Sican Late Intermediate 1000 CE – 1476 CE Chimú, Cajamarca, Piura, Chancay, Chachapoya, Chincha, Chiribaya, Chucuito, Huaman Huilca, Ilo, Qotu Qotu, Pacacocha, Palli Marca, Piura, Sican, Tajaraca, Huaylas, Conchucos, Huamachuco, Rucanas, Chanka, Wanka, Aymara kingdoms (Qulla, Lupaca, Charca, Kana, Qanchi), Ayabaca, Bracamoros, Huancabambas, Tallan, Tumpis, Huarco, Coayllo, Ichma, Parinacota, Cuntis, Chinchaycochas, Huarochiri, Kheswas, Yaro, Atavillo, Cantas, Yauyos, Tarmas, Paltas, Camanas (peruvian culture), Huayuri Late Horizon 1476 CE – 1534 CE Inca
See also [ edit] Ancient Peru Amazonas before the Inca Empire The Pre-Incan Lost Pyramid of Puñay References [ edit] Edward P. Lanning, 1967 Peru Before the Incas. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., ISBN 0-13-661595-3 Paleo-Indians Pre-Columbian era Classification Archaeology Genetics Solutrean hypothesis
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