ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN

SOUTH AMERICA
VALENTINA LOPEZ
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TAIRONAS
The Taironas were an indigenous gr
oup that lived in the
Colombian departments of Magdal
ena, Guajira and Cesar

e to wn s an d cit ies we re co nn ec ted by a network

All th
e lower slopes
of stone paths, which extended from th
vada.
to the farthest reaches of the Sierra Ne

The pottery and goldsmith works were made in clay

and gold with various types of techniques.

• THE TWO PEOPLES WERE

POLYTHEISTS, THEY WORSHIPED THE
SUN, THE MOON AND THE STARS.

• THE SOCIETIES WERE

HIERARCHICAL AND RIGID.

• THE MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF

THE TWO TOWNS WAS AGRICULTURE.

• MEN DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO AN

EDUCATION IF THEY DID NOT BELONG
TO THE PRIVILEGED SOCIAL CLASS.
INCAS
The center of the empire and resid
ence of the Incas
was in Cuzco Peru.

ted jobs. They

In sculpture, the Incas did many well-craf
re also made of
were mostly made of stone, but they we
as wood.
metals such as gold and silver, as well

All men between the ages of 25 and 50 were

required to serve in the army.