ARCH 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Quinoa, Pachacuti, Machu Picchu
8 Aug 2016
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Inca empire were the single largest state level society in the americas. Mountains in the north of the region are lower and well vegetated than the south. Eastern and western mountains separated by valley where state level societies developed. Because of geographical diversity there were also cultural diversities. Potteries helped archaeologists to make a timeline of the andean chronology. At other times one or two cultures dominated the highland region called horizons. Lithic period stone tools are the basic items used in this period. Starts with the very first people to arrive in south america. Pre-ceramic period from 3500 bc to 1800 bc, a period before the invention of pottery but marked by the start of agriculture and permanent villages. As well as some of the earliest monuments. Initial period 1800 bc to 800 bc, first inro of pottery, also spread of agriculture and start to see major evidence of inequality and elite members and increase in population.
