|  | The 
              Andean timeline
               
                | Name |  Date |   
                | Lithic Period |  
                    >10,000–3000 
                    BC |   
                | Preceramic Period |  
                     
                    3000–1800 BC |   
                | Initial Period |  
                     
                    1800–700 BC |   
                | Early Horizon |  
                     
                    700–100 BC |   
                | Early Intermediate Period |  
                     
                    100 BC–AD 600 |   
                | Middle Horizon |  
                     
                    AD 600–1000 |   
                | Late Intermediate Period |  
                     
                    AD 1000–1400 |   
                | Late Horizon |  
                     
                    AD 1400–1533 |   
                |  |   
                | 
 Sources
 
 Ackermann, M. E., ed. et al. Encyclopedia of World 
                  History, vol. 1. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2008.
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