Highland Andean Archaic
South Americahunter-gatherers to food producersMap
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The Highland Andean Archaic tradition combines the Highland Andean Early Archaic and the Highland Andean Late Archaic. The Early Archaic (7000 to 4500 BP) is characterized by nomadic or semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with domesticated llamas, alpacas, and guinea pigs and some domesticated plants. This situation changes in the Late Archaic (to 3500 BP) to sedentary village dwellers, relying in part on domesticated plants and animals supplemented by seasonal exploitation of wild resources.
Identifier
Region
- South America
Subregion
- Central Andes
Subsistence Type
- hunter-gatherers to food producers
Countries
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Peru