Ancient, Prehistoric & Early
People of South America
Note:
If you can't find what you want here - check the World
page!
Also
try this Alexa search for Ancient+History+South+America
 The
countries and regions of South
America - from the About.com guide on Geography
Information
about South
America - from Infoplease.com encyclopedia
The
Latin America Studies Program - by Antonio de la Cova, Assistant Professor
of Latin American Studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Department
of Humanities and Social Sciences. There is some very good information
on Ancient Latin America Civilizations here. This is a very
large site and you can easily lose your place. We suggest that you
open the site links in a "new" browser. Antonio de la Cova has created
one of the best sites on the web for Latin America Studies.~"Latin
America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking
countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America,
and the West Indies."
Native
Americans - peoples who are indigenous to the Americas.
They also have been known as American Indians. The name Indian was first
applied to them by Christopher Columbus, who believed mistakenly that the
mainland and islands of America were part of the Indies, in Asia.
Nine pages of great information about Native Americans.
"Native Americans," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
ANDES
WEB RING PAGE - by James Q. Jacobs - such things as Andean Prehistory,
Andean Cosmology, Andes Photo Gallery, Machu Picchu Photo Gallery,
Tiwanaku Photo Gallery and much more. Again, the James Q. Jacobs
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Arawak
- a once-predominant group of Native Americans originally inhabiting an
area that stretched from present-day Florida down through the islands of
the West Indies and the coastal area of South America as far as
southern Brazil. ENCARTA'S BEST MATCH, ENCARTA SEARCH RESULTS and
MSN SEARCH RESULTS for the search term "Arawak".The
first Native Americans Columbus encountered were the Arawak-speaking Taíno
people of the islands of the Caribbean.
"Arawak," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Carib
- tribe of Native Americans of the Cariban linguistic stock, occupying
various regions of South and Central America. The Caribbean
Sea is named after them. The Carib, who probably originated in the valley
of the Orinoco River, were noted for their ferocity. ENCARTA'S BEST
MATCH, ENCARTA SEARCH RESULTS and MSN SEARCH RESULTS for the search term
"Carib".
"Carib," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
World
History Archives (The Americas) - Pro bono web pages from
Hartford
Web Publishing. The World History Archives are collections of
documents for teaching and learning about world history from a working
class perspective. The presence of documents here does not imply an endorsement
of their content nor a warrant of their authenticity.
The
Incas - From TeacherNet. Many GREAT links to resources
for Inca information. All TeacherNet pages are highly recommended
by Ancient Man.
PERU
- Here you can read about Peruvian history, and the archaeology of the
region (Moche & Chimu and the Incas).
Nazca
Lines (The greatest scratch pad on Earth) - presented by Discovery
Channel Canada. Read about the huge geometric patterns and spirals,
animal figures and thousands of perfectly straight lines that go on for
kilometres. The Nazca lines - one of the most baffling enigmas of
archeology. How did the Nazca Indians etch their huge drawings onto
the Peruvian desert? Who were they made for? And why? This
is fascinating reading!
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