Initial Period
South American prehistory
Also known as: Lower Formative Period
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major reference
- In pre-Columbian civilizations: The Initial Period
The next epoch, called the Initial Period by the American scholar John H. Rowe, and the Lower Formative by the Peruvian archaeologist Luis G. Lumbreras, began with the introduction of pottery. The earliest ceramics have yielded radiocarbon dates of about 1800 bce, although…
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prototype of Chavín culture
- In Chavín
…had earlier prototypes in the Initial Period (c. 1800–900 bc). During this period a sedentary agricultural way of life became fully established in Peru, with the development of such crafts as weaving, pottery making, and stone carving. The significance of Chavín is that for the first time many of the…
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