Paracas Culture Develops a Sophisticated Textile Tradition
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Arts, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Crafts, Fashion, Clothing, Ceremonies, Rites, Rituals, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: Latin American History, American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Peru
- Date: 700 -100
Article abstract: The Paracas culture, known for the production of spectacular textiles and complex mortuary rites, was an eight-hundred-year tradition in which social institutions adapted to a coastal maritime environment.
Summary of Event
The term “Paracas” refers to a specific archaeological site, an art style, and an archaeological culture. The culture is found along the south coast of Peru, through six major river valleys, and in the coastal desert region of the Paracas Peninsula.
Collections of Paracas cultural material began to be...
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