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Landmark Americas archaeological World Heritage

Quebrada de Humahuaca

9000 BCE – still standing

Andean valley used as a trade route for 10,000 years, from the Inca Empire to Argentina

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1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

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1782 CE – 1810 CE

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Polity · Americas

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Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

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Events the timeline places between 9000 BCE and 2026 CE.

9000 BCE Ischigualasto (Valley of the Moon) 7300 BCE Cueva de las Manos 5000 BCE Chinchorro Mummy Sites 3700 BCE Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3000 BCE Caral

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