CHILCA

MAIN IDEAS

Main idea #1: People in the Chilca tribe buried people and children. Children were sacred and so called "special." They wrapped them in organic material or sometimes cotton. They were also buried with jewelry.

Main idea #2: People in Chilca grew potatoes, Lima beans, squash, peanuts, and cotton. They didn't domesticate animals but they hunted deer and camelids.

Main idea #3: People in Chilca created social institutions to decide what jobs certain people would take on.

FACTS ABOUT THE CHILCA TRIBE

• It's in South America
• The site is 2 acres
• The dating of the site was inhabited- 8,000-5,000 BCE
• Technology (Farming implements) stone blades & knives.
• Burials graves containing up to 8 bodies and some wrapped.

Dwellings and other buildings: heavy branches & brush with "carpets" of organic material & ceilings held up with a center pole.

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