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Are there any other interesting aspects about this Norte Chico civilization article?
What was the Norte Chico civilization like?
In a 1973 paper, Michael E. Moseley contended that a maritime subsistence (seafood) economy had been the basis of the society and its remarkably early flourishing.
Why is the Norte Chico civilization's early flourishing remarkable?
Complex society in Norte Chico arose a millennium after Sumer in Mesopotamia, was contemporaneous with the Egyptian pyramids, and predated the Mesoamerican Olmec by nearly two millennia.
What food sources did they have the most abundance of?
Recent studies increasingly point to maize as a dietary backbone of this and later pre-Columbian civilizations
Is there anything of note about the cotton the Norte Chico civilization article speaks of?
Though not edible, it was the most important product of irrigation in the Norte Chico

Question: Was their food source mainly plant or meat based?
Self-contained rewrite: Was the Norte Chico civilization's food source mainly plant or meat based?