(CNN) -- New research has shown that the oldest civilization in the Americas was far more complex than previously imagined. Ancient Americans settled in the Norte Chico region of Andean Peru more ...

The paper synthesizes several years of research aimed at formulating a comprehensive theory of how civilization evolved in the region. Three years ago, they first suggested that Norte Chico was ...

The Norte Chico people, who lived some 5,000 years ago, built a thriving civilization — but from the archaeological evidence previously available, it looked like they did it solely on anchovies.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 5,000-year-old fire altar, offering insight into the life of the ancient Caral ...

Added to previously published dates from earlier research, 127 radiocarbon dates are now available from the region, firmly establishing a civilization thriving in the Norte Chico for more than ...

Where? Modern-day Pakistan and India The Norte Chico (also known as the Caral-Supe) civilization flourished along Peru's ...

That is the longest any ancient civilization is known to have survived ... In the three valleys of the Norte Chico region, they could do so by hand-digging short canals. “In any other valleys ...

Dating back to the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes, this site was once home to the Caral civilization, also known as the Norte Chico civilization, which is considered the oldest known ...

The Norte Chico region on the coast of Peru north ... roles of agricultural and fishing economies in the beginnings of civilization in South America. Our recent work in the neighbouring Pativilca ...

The Norte Chico people, who lived some 5,000 years ago, built a thriving civilization — but from the archaeological evidence previously available, it looked like they did it solely on anchovies.