| Era 1: Precolumbian era (c. 15,000 BCE–1492 CE) | ||
| around 15,000 BCE | Settling of America: hunter-gatherer cultures. Phases: Paleo-Indio, formative, era of the regional developments. | Shamanism, hunting rituals (cave paintings). Economic base: hunting (deep rain forest). After the end of the last glacier period (c. 5000 BCE), shallower forest. In the case of the |
| coast dwellers, mussel heaps (Puerto Hormiga, in Colombia). Manioc raising. | ||
| around 1500 BCE–1600 CE | Sacred Kazikism of Colombia (Kalima, Quimbaya, Sinú, Tairona, Muisca) | Raising the storable vegetable maize makes pos… |