Civilizations

Peoples and cultures uncovered by the Apocrypha excavation teams. Each civilization has been reconstructed from the archaeological record — their governments, economies, belief systems, and artistic traditions pieced together from fragmentary evidence.

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The Vorrashi River People

“Vor-rashii”

absorbed

3200 BCE — 2600 BCE

Government: Matrilineal chiefdom with hereditary river-keepers. The Great Mother (eldest daughter of the founding line) presided over seasonal councils at river confluences. Decisions required unanimity of the twelve clan mothers.
Economy: Subsistence agriculture supplemented by extensive freshwater pearl harvesting. Barter economy with pearl-shell as proto-currency. River trade routes connected highland obsidian sources to coastal salt flats. No evidence of long-distance trade beyond the basin.

Sophisticated rivercraft — double-hulled reed boats capable of navigating rapids. Early copper working (hammered, not smelted). Expert pearl divers using weighted stone anchors. Pottery with distinctive river-clay slip. No evidence of writing.