3000 BCE – 1500 BCE · 2 sites
Continent Record
Oldest City in South America
3000 BCE – 1800 BCE
Caral, a 5,000-year-old urban center in Peru, features monumental pyramids and circular plazas, revealing complex society without pottery or warfare.
Oldest Complex in South America
1800 BCE – 1500 BCE
A Late Archaic and Formative coastal centre of the Caral-Supe world at Végueta, north of Lima. Reliefs of famine, fish, and serpents, including 2026 antler and clay snake objects, record drought, water, and recovery.
