Caral-Supe Analysis

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Register to read the introduction… There were small buildings created as homes but there were also other buildings that were created one or two intense construction phases. This is evidence of centralized control over the Caral-Supe. They had a lack of apparent art, the lack of pottery and sculptures. They did have textiles, which was string-based recording devices, and suggests the writing system the Caral-Supe had. It also suggests they used this type of textiles to hold logographic information. There wasn’t much art but the Caral-Supe did have music. These and other archaeological evidence shows the pattern of later Andean civilization that may indicate Caral-Supe served as a template.
The second video was Bangladesh: Khumi Lives. In Bangladesh, there was a small tribe of Chittagong hill tracts and they were called Khumi. Also known as Khami, Khumis had Mongoloid features. They migrated from Arakan towards the end of the 17th century. They lived in Ruma, Rowangchhari, and Thanchi Upazilas of Bandarban district and had a population of 1,241. The Khumis believed that their ancestors lived where rivers originated at. This is why they like to live on the riverbanks and
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The Khumis owned slaves or a go-for boy. They had weapons such as guns, daos, javelins and similar types of arms, which they used to watch their gates day and night. The Khumis had two clans, and were patriarchal. One clan was Awa Khumi and the other was Aphya Khumi. They both lived once on the bank of the Koladain River. Most are farmers and practice Jhum cultivation. They made their own clothing and preferred building houses on top of trees in deep forests. They have an oral dialect but no written script. They do not want anyone outside the tribe to learn their language nor do they wish to learn anyone else’s

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