Sambaqui shell-mound builders

Sambaqui shell-mound builders appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Brazil (South America) from c. 3200 BCE to 1000 CE, a span of more than 4,200 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Fishing peoples of the southern Brazilian coast who raised shell mounds up to 30 m high in Santa Catarina and Paraná, using them as cemeteries and landmarks for thousands of years.

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Facts

Dates

c. 3200 BCE to 1000 CE

Duration

more than 4,200 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Brazil, South America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South America during its time

• 3300 BCE Earliest known use of cacao
• 2600 BCE Caral builds the first cities of the Americas
• 900 BCE Chavín de Huántar becomes a pilgrimage center
• 100 Nazca Lines drawn
• 600 Wari and Tiwanaku expand

Neighbours in South America

• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE
• Chimú kingdom (Chimor) c. 900 to 1470 CE
• Wari Empire c. 600 to 1000 CE
• Sicán (Lambayeque) c. 750 to 1375 CE
• Chincha kingdom c. 1000 to 1476 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa

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