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The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people. [1] They stretched down the spine of the Andes for 4,000 km (2,500 miles) from southern Colombia, to Ecuador and Peru, including the deserts of coastal Peru, to north Chile and northwest Argentina.
This a category for indigenous groups living in the Andean region, including the Central Andes (Central Highlands, North Coast, Southern Highlands), the Northern Andes, and Southern Andes. Precolumbian Andean cultures are typically categorized in Category:Andean civilizations.
In 1992, Denevan suggested that the total population was approximately 53.9 million and the populations by region were, approximately, 3.8 million for the United States and Canada, 17.2 million for Mexico, 5.6 million for Central America, 3 million for the Caribbean, 15.7 million for the Andes and 8.6 million for lowland South America. [13]
The Americas, Western Hemisphere Cultural regions of North American people at the time of contact Early Indigenous languages in the US. Historically, classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is based upon cultural regions, geography, and linguistics. Anthropologists have named various cultural regions, with fluid boundaries ...
The Circum-Caribbean cultural region was characterized by anthropologist Julian Steward, who edited the Handbook of South American Indians. [1] It spans indigenous peoples in the Caribbean, Central American, and northern South America, the latter of which is listed here.
The bean is native to Mexico and Central America and later began to be cultivated in South America. Indigenous peoples of North America began practicing farming approximately 4,000 years ago, late in the Archaic period of North American cultures. Technology had advanced to the point where pottery had started to become common and the small-scale ...
This is a category of individual Indigenous people from the Andean region, including the Pacific lowlands. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Andean culture is a collective term used to refer to the indigenous peoples of the Andes mountains [citation needed] especially those that came under the influence of the Inca Empire [citation needed]. Cultures considered Andean include: Atacama people; Aymara people; Muisca people or Chibcha; Andean civilizations; Quechua people; Uru people ...