Caral–Supe (Norte Chico) civilisation

c. 3500 – c. 1800 BCE · about 1700 years approximate dates

Caral–Supe was a complex society of up to thirty population centres on the north-central coast of Peru, one of the oldest civilisations in the Americas. Its first city dates to around 3500 BCE, and large communal building is clear from 3100 BCE. It declined around 1800 BCE.