Dr Jago Cooper examines the ancient Chachapoya people who lived in the remote mountain tops in the Peruvian Andes numbering half a million. The only written records come from contact with the Spanish.
Dr Cooper examines the Tiwanaku people in the Bolivian high plateau of Altiplano. Their civilization existed around 600 to 1100 AD eventually numbering one million. They innovated agriculture around Lake Titicaca with an unique culture.
British archaeologist Jago Cooper examines the Tairona on the Caribbean coast and the Muisca in the mountains both in Colombia. The two separate societies develop gold working in different ways.
Jago Cooper examines the Chimú people on the northern coast of Peru. Chan Chan was the Chimor capital. They were eventually conquered by the Inca Empire.