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What was the earliest indication of sedentary life and were?
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8000B.P. Evidence of sedentary life along Peruvian coast.
Had rich resources and productive inlands allowing for sedentary life though still foraging. |
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When did coastal villages first increase in size and when is there evidence of first domesticates?
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5500-5000 B.C. coastal villages increase in size and subsistence included following domesticates;
gourds squash kidney and lima beans |
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What sites are evidence for this expansion?
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Huaca Prieta and Paracas
most residences were same size, though there were other larger structures ie small pyramids and platforms |
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What was significant in the sites of Bandarria, Rio Seco and Aspero?
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Specialized structures were increasingly large and sophisticated
5000BP, large pyramids and differing house sizes. |
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When did the expansion into the interior occure and why?
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After 4500 B.P.
population increase forced expansion into interior where agriculture was only possible through irrigation canals |
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What domesticates were grown after 4500B.P.?
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Maize, beans, gourds, squash, peanuts, avocado and guava.
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What and when is the first evidence for the use of metals in South America?
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3100 B.P.
Mina Perdida; gold and copper artifacts were found in burials (further evidence for social complexity) |
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When did social differentiation occure?
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development of irrigation facilitated population growth through more surplus, followed by necessary move inlands which was accompanied by social differentiation.
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How do we know that social complexity existed in these early settlements?
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Focus on monumental structures associated with ceremonial purposes ie pyramids, indicate newly evolved social and economic power focused on a religious elite. Could control increasingly complex economy.
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What does Tom Patterson believe was the factor in development of Andean civilisations?
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Tom Patterson; Contact and competition among political entities within individual valleys.
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