Andean civilizations

Civilizations of South America's Andes Mountains From left to right: view of the sacred city of Caral (the oldest city in the Americas), a clava head (a characteristic symbol of the Chavín culture), a mummy from the Paracas culture, a Moche gold ear ornament inlaid with precious stones, pottery from the Recuay culture, a Wari ceramic vessel, the Gateway of the Sun (belonging to the city of Tiwanaku), a hummingbird figure from the Nazca Lines, a gold mask from the Sicán culture, the Chimú citadel of Chan Chan (the largest adobe city in the Americas), the sarcophagi of the Chachapoya culture, and a view of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Part of a series onHuman history ↑ Prehistory (Stone Age) (Pleistocene epoch) Holocene TimelinesNeolithic – Contemporary(11,650 BP – present) Age of the human race Recorded history (Common Era) Earliest records Protohistory Proto-writing Ancient Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Axial Age Classical antiquity Late antiquity Africa North America South America Oceania East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia Europe Postclassical Timeline Africa Americas Oceania East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia Europe Renaissance Modern Early mo