The Ancient Americas Societies and Peoples

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GALLERY	PEOPLES AND SOCIETIES	LOCATION	TIME
Ice Age Americas	Fishtail	South America	11,000 to 10,000 BC
Ice Age Americas	Clovis	North America	11,500 to 11,000 BC
Innovative Hunter-Gatherers	Early Hunter-Gatherer Peoples moving toward herding, low-level farming, fishing	Highlands of Peru	10,500 to 2000 BC
		Southeastern U.S.	7000 to 500 BC
		Coastal California	7000 BC to AD 1400
		Tehuacan Valley, Mexico	5000 to 1500 BC
Farming Villagers	Ancient Puebloans; Early Iroquois; Taino	Southwestern U.S.; Northeastern North America; Puerto Rico	AD 1100 to 1300 (objects range from AD 200 to 1600)
A New Style of Leader	Tairona, Quimbaya, and Muisca	Colombia	AD 500 to 1600
	Hopewell	Ohio River Valley	AD 100-400
	Mississippian	Southern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Georgia	AD 1000 to 1400
	Olmec	Mexico (Gulf Coast)	1000 to 400 BC
	Norte Chico	Peru (North Coast)	Circa 3000 BC
Rulers and Citizens	Zapotec	Oaxaca, Mexico	AD 200 to 800
	Maya	Guatemala, Belize, Yucatan, and Chiapas State, Mexico	AD 250 to 900 (Classic Period)
	City of Teotihuacan	Valley of Mexico	AD 100 to 650
	Moche	Peru (North Coast)	AD 100 to 800
	Wari	Peru (Southern Highlands)	AD 500 to 1000
	Nazca	Peru (Southern Coast)	200 BC to AD 600
Empire Builders	Aztec	Mexico	AD 1350 to 1521
Empire Builders	Inca	Based in Peru but stretched from Ecuador to northern Chile along the west coast of S. America	AD 1400 to 153