Chapter 9

Setting the Stage

At the same time the Mesoamerican cultures were growing, so were societies in South America

Like the people of Mesoamerica, Andean culture controlled their surroundings in order to prosper

The Andes

In the northern Andes civilizations would emerge in what is now Peru

The Andes

The Andes are steep and rocky, with poor soil

First people of the Andes

People established temporary villages between 3600 B.C. and 2500 B.C.

Relied on seafood and small game, until they began to farm around 3000 B.C.

The Chavin Civilization grew not on the coast, but in the

mountains

It flourished from 900 B.C. to 200 B.C

The Chavin

These people left no evidence of economic or political organization

Chavin art styles, and religious images spread to other Peruvian cultures

The Nazca Flourished in an extremely dry area on the

southern coast of Peru200 B.C. to 600 A.D

Moche

100 A.D. to 700 A.D.

Took advantage of the rivers that flowed from the Andes mountains

Moche

Like many of the civilizations in South America scientists have yet to discover why the Moche fell