c. 5,000 BCE
Society
Andes
Norte Chico monumental building
Coastal Peruvian communities raised platform mounds and sunken plazas without pottery or writing.
Why it mattered
Shows monumental society could arise on fish and cotton rather than grain.
Stone Age
5,000 BCE
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
c. 5,000 BCE
Society
Western Europe
Megalithic tomb building in Atlantic Europe
Communities raised passage graves and dolmens aligned to solar events.
Why it mattered
Monument building organised labour long before states.
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