South American culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of South America.
This bibliography of the Wari Empire is part of the About.com guide to the Wari Empire.
"A repository for some portion of the large body of gray literature that exists in the archaeology, ethnography, and history of the Andean region" and run by several scholars led by Matt Bandy.
The origins of South American culture probably start with Tiwanaku agriculture in the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia. Part I of an interview with Clark Erickson, on his work reconstructing raised field agriculture in the Lake Titicaca region of South America.
Part II of the interview with Clark Erickson on the origins of South American culture: Recreating raised field agriculture.
Part III of the interview with Clark Erickson on the origins of South American culture and agriculture: Implications of the research.
An experimental archaeology project in Bolivia, using ancient farming techniques, has raised more than just corn, beans, and squash.
The South American cultures of the Andean and Tiwanaku regions are presented in this fabulous page from Alvaro Higueras on his work and other information on the Andes and Tiwanaku. Newest addition to the page includes several Flash introductions to sites like Chan Chan and topics like Tiwanaku polity.
Paul Goldstein's 2005 book called Andean Diaspora, subtitled The Tiwanaku Colonies and the Origins of Empire, is an intriguing look at the Tiwanaku empire of South America and its colonies several hundred kilometers away.
A Portuguese-language social-network portal to South American archaeology, with an emphasis on Brazil, from Diogo Costa.
A collection of sites in the Supe Valley of Peru are proving to be the ancestral source of the Inca and other later civilizations of South America and Central America. Caral and the other Supe Valley sites promise to teach us why people choose to become urban dwellers.
Southe American culture information, including complete articles in Spanish, Portuguese, and English; searchable database of research and researchers, weekly newsletter, upcoming conferences for all of South America.
Fishtail points are to South American culture what Clovis points are to North American: associated with the earliest occupations in South America that everybody agrees on.
La Ecología de los Cazadores Recolectores de la Puna Durante la Transición Pleistoceno-Holoceno. Article in Naya, concerning the human settlement of the southern Andes. Spanish.
from your About.com guide, a collection of Inca reference sites.
South American culture included an unusual writing system: the Quipu. This page from San Diego State University, a fantastic resource for Andean researchers, including links to online papers, researchers, language assistance, and other things on this fascinating subject.
South America for Visitors site offers travel planning, pictures, maps, sighsteeing, hotels, reservations, favored destinations, culture, weather, recipes, languages, and vacations to South American countries
South America for Visitors guide Bonnie Hamre provides a great set of suggestions for exploring South American culture.
