Indigenous peoples of South America
The Indigenous peoples of South America or South American Indigenous peoples, are the pre-Columbian peoples of South America and their descendants. These peoples contrast with South Americans of European ancestry and those of African descent.
Native rights activist Félix Díaz meets Argentine President Mauricio Macri.
Indigenous peoples in Colombia
The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people. They stretched down the spine of the Andes for 4,000 km (2,500 mi) from southern Colombia, to Ecuador and Peru, including the deserts of coastal Peru, to north Chile and northwest Argentina. Archaeologists believe that Andean civilizations first developed on the narrow coastal plain of the Pacific Ocean. The Caral or Norte Chico civilization of coastal Peru is the oldest known civilization in the Americas, dating back to 3500 BCE. Andean civilization is one of the six "pristine" civilizations of the world, created independently and without influence by other civilizations.
Reconstruction of one of the pyramids of Aspero
Aerial photograph of one of the Nazca lines, taken in July 2015, that shows the design known as "The monkey"
Machu Picchu, a mountainous settlement that was inhabited during the time of Tahuantinsuyu.
A quipu
