Norte Chico

10 09, 2017

Coca leaves – South American medicine

By |2019-04-11T19:59:14-07:00September 10th, 2017|Science, South America|Comments Off on Coca leaves – South American medicine

History of coca leaves: Coca farming in the Andes Mountains When did coca plants evolve? Like potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco, coca plants grow wild in the Andes Mountains of South America. They probably evolved [...]

9 09, 2017

Who were the Valdivia people? South American history

By |2018-11-09T08:22:30-08:00September 9th, 2017|History, South America|Comments Off on Who were the Valdivia people? South American history

Valdivian carving, ca. 3500-2000 BC The first people in Ecuador People probably first reached Ecuador by boat, about 13,000 BC. They were coming down the Pacific Coast from North America. These people settled [...]

9 09, 2017

Who were the Chavin? South American history

By |2019-03-20T21:43:54-07:00September 9th, 2017|South America|Comments Off on Who were the Chavin? South American history

Chavin stone carving From Norte Chico to Chavin By around 900 BC, the Norte Chico people of northern Peru developed into the Chavin culture. Like the earlier Norte Chico people, the Chavin people [...]

8 09, 2017

South American and Central American architecture

By |2018-04-12T08:53:21-07:00September 8th, 2017|Architecture, Central America, South America|Comments Off on South American and Central American architecture

Olmec Pyramid, La Venta, Mexico (500 BC) The earliest big buildings from South America are in Ecuador and Peru, along the Pacific coast. The Norte Chico people and the Valdivia people built [...]

8 06, 2017

Where does cotton come from? South America

By |2019-01-12T18:03:24-08:00June 8th, 2017|Clothing, South America|Comments Off on Where does cotton come from? South America

A cotton and alpaca wool cloth from Peru, about 200 AD (in the Brooklyn Museum) First place where people grew cotton South America  was the first place in the world where people grew [...]

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