Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Americas, The
6. Pre-Columbian (American)
7. [Pre-Columbian South American styles and periods]
8. [Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods]
9. Pre-Ceramic (Pre-Columbian)

Anotations

Scope note:

Culture and style of the Chinchorro people who lived in what is now northern Chile and southern Peru from about 7,000 BCE to 500 BCE. The culture is named for the archaeological site of Chinchorro in Arica which contained a collection of mummies, among the earliest in the world.