List of Norte Chico sites
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The following is a list of archaeological sites of the Norte Chico civilization
(also Caral civilization). The Norte Chico comprises four coastal river valleys.
Norte Chico civilization
The Norte Chico civilization was a complex pre-Columbian society that included as many as 30 major population centers in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru...
(also Caral civilization). The Norte Chico comprises four coastal river valleys.
Site Name | River | Earliest date, cal BC Before Present Before Present years is a time scale used in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred. Because the "present" time changes, standard practice is to use AD 1950 as the origin of the age scale, reflecting the fact that radiocarbon... |
Site Name | River | Earliest date, cal BC Before Present Before Present years is a time scale used in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred. Because the "present" time changes, standard practice is to use AD 1950 as the origin of the age scale, reflecting the fact that radiocarbon... |
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Porvenir Porvenir Founded in 1883 by immigrants from Croatia and Chiloé during a minor nineteenth century gold rush, Porvenir is the capital of both the homonymous commune and the Chilean Province of Tierra del Fuego of the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region... |
Fortaleza | N/A | Vinto Alto | Pativilca | N/A |
Cerro Lampay | Fortaleza | N/A | Huayto | Pativilca | N/A |
Caballete | Fortaleza | N/A | Aspero Aspero Aspero is a well-studied site of the ancient Norte Chico civilization, located at the mouth of the Supe river on the north-central Peruvian coast. Monumental architecture, including large platform mounds have been discovered at the site; their significance was first determined in 1973, though... |
Supe | N/A |
Cerro Blanco 1 | Fortaleza | N/A | Piedra Parada | Supe | N/A |
Cerro Blanco 2 | Fortaleza | N/A | Era de Panda | Supe | N/A |
Huaricanga Huaricanga Huaricanga is the earliest city of the Norte Chico civilization. It existed around 3500 BCE and was the oldest city in the Americas and one of the earliest cities in the world."-References:... |
Fortaleza | N/A | Lusihuasi | Supe | N/A |
Cerro de la Cruz | Fortaleza | N/A | Miraya | Supe | N/A |
Shaura | Fortaleza | N/A | Pueblo Nuevo Pueblo Nuevo Pueblo Nuevo is a toponym shared by several places:*Colombia**Pueblo Nuevo, Córdoba*Cuba**Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas*Mexico**Pueblo Nuevo, Durango**Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato**Pueblo Nuevo, Jalisco... |
Supe | N/A |
Punta y Suela | Pativilca | N/A | Caral Caral Caral was a large settlement in the Supe Valley, near Supe, Barranca province, Peru, some 200 km north of Lima. Caral is the most ancient city of the Americas, and is a well-studied site of the Caral civilization or Norte Chico civilization.- History :... |
Supe | N/A |
Upaca | Pativilca Pativilca Pativilca is a town in central Peru, capital of the district Pativilca in the province Barranca in the region Lima.-External links:... |
2740 | Alpacoto | Supe | N/A |
Potao | Pativilca | N/A | Penico | Supe | N/A |
Carreteria | Pativilca | N/A | Huacachi | Supe | N/A |
Pampa San Jose | Pativilca | N/A | Huaural | Huaura | N/A |