Before revision: Pre-Ceramic Period: c.3500 BCE—c.2000 BCE The Lithic Period was followed by what archaeologists have called the Pre-Ceramic Period, or alternatively the Late Archaic Period, and is characterised by increasing societal complexity, rising population levels and the construction of monumental ceremonial centres across the Andean region.Moseley 2001. p. 107.
After revision: OverviewPre-Ceramic Period: c.3500 BCE—c.2000 BCE The Lithic Period was followed by what archaeologists have called the Pre-Ceramic Period, or alternatively the Late Archaic Period, and is characterised by increasing societal complexity, rising population levels and the construction of monumental ceremonial centres across the Andean region.Moseley 2001. p. 107.