Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 27.
Comments on Subject: THE NORTH AND MESOAMERICA BETWEEN 5,000 ADN 500 BC WITNESSED CHANGES WHICH INVOLVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPLEX SOCIETY. THESE DEVELOPMENTS WERE CONCENTRATED IN SOUTHERN NORTH AMERICA AND MEXICO. BETWEEN 5,000 AND 500 BC IN SOUTH AMERICA AGRICULTURE AND HERDING DEVELOPED IN THE ANDES, WHILE POTTERY-MAKING WAS INVENTED IN THE AREA OF THE EAST-CENTRAL AMAZON. AT THE SAME TIME IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE DEVELOPED IN THE PERUVIAN COASTAL DESERT RIVER VALLEYS, AND LARGE ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEXES BEGAN TO APPEAR.
