Here the Chibicha kingdoms of Colombia were famous for their fine gold ornaments and around the Caribbean lived smaller groups such as the Miskito of Nicaragua , the Kuna of Panama , and the Arawak and Carib people of the Caribbean islands. The Caribalso lived along the coast of Venezuela. These people lived a simple life.
The second culture area is Central and Southern Andes. The Main of the Andes Mountains that stretches down the western half of South America , together with narrow coastal valleys between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean , were the home of the great civilizations of Native Americans in South America.The most popular civilization in this area were the Incas.The Inca empire , great kingdom created by the Quetchua people in the 15th century. They built wealthy and complex civilization that ruled more than 9 million people. The Incas conquered a number of neighbouring peoples as they expanded their area of influence outward from their home in the Chazco valley of highland Peru. Its territory included parts of present-day Ecuador, Bolivia , northern Chile and northwest Argentina. Machu Pichu covers about 13sq km. of terraces built around a central plaza and lined by numerous stairways. Houses were bult by stone and had just one room. This city was one of the greatest cities in Incas Empire. There were also bult agreat temples and ceremonial places , where they performed their rituals. The supreme god was the creator god but also the sun god. The Incas also believed that certain objects and places were sacred , and these objects were called huacas.Every family had a huaca. Huaca could be an object found in nature such as hill , spring , stream or rock , or a small amulet or charm..
Third culture area is The Tropical Forest. Here didin't exist large towns or wholw civilizations. People lived mostly by hunting and fishing. Smaller groups or tribes of the tropical forest are the Makiritare , the Janomamo , the Mundurucu , the Tupinamba , the Shipibo and the others..
Fourth culture area of the South America is the Mostsouthern South America. People from this area cultivated allkind of plants and crops , they domesticated llamas , cattle , sheep , pigs and chickens. Horses were used for herding and for warfare. Later people from this region suffered greatly from deseases brought by Europeans.
FIRST CONACT WITH EUROPEANS

Europeans first stepped ashore in what they considered “New World” in 15th century in 1492 when Christopher Columbus had discovered New Continent instead of finding the way to India. This was the reason why Europeans called Native Americans “the Indians” because they believed that they had arrived to India.