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Archaeological sites in Peru are numerous and diverse, representing different aspects including temples and fortresses of the various cultures of ancient Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. The sites vary in importance from small local sites to UNESCO World Heritage sites of global importance. [ 1 ]
Archaeologists have been aware of ancient sites in the area since at least the 1940s; early work occurred at Aspero on the coast, a site identified as early as 1905, [7] and later at Caral, farther inland. In the late 1990s, Peruvian archaeologists, led by Ruth Shady, provided the first extensive documentation of the civilization with work at ...
An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dates for some archaeological finds. Most of the cultures of the Late Horizon and some of the cultures of the Late Intermediate joined the Inca Empire by 1493, but the period ends in 1532 because that marks the fall of the Inca Empire after the Spanish conquest .
Nazca Female Effigy Figure, made of sperm whale tooth, shell and hair. The Nazca culture (also Nasca) was the archaeological culture that flourished from c. 100 BC to 800 AD beside the arid, southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley. [1]
Peruvian sculpture and painting began to define themselves from the ateliers founded by monks, who were strongly influenced by the Sevillian Baroque School.In this context, the stalls of the Cathedral choir, the fountain of the Main Square of Lima [2] both by Pedro de Noguera, and a great part of the colonial production were registered.
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region.
The Cupisnique culture was a pre-Columbian indigenous culture that flourished from c. 1500 to 500 BC [1] along what now is Peru's northern Pacific coast. The culture had a distinctive style of adobe clay architecture. [2] Artifacts of the culture share artistic styles and religious symbols with the Chavin culture that arose in the same area at ...
A team of international scientists recently revealed the stunning tattoo work of the Chancay culture—a pre-Columbian people group from the coast of Peru that thrived from 900 to 1500 A.D ...