Paracas culture
E12358
The Paracas culture was an ancient Andean civilization on Peru’s south coast, noted for its elaborate textiles, advanced cranial surgery practices, and distinctive funerary traditions.
Observed surface forms (7)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paracas Necropolis tradition | 1 |
| Paracas ceramics | 1 |
| Paracas cultural area | 1 |
| Paracas culture remains | 1 |
| Paracas funerary bundles | 1 |
| Paracas late phase | 1 |
| Paracas textiles | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andean culture
ⓘ
ancient Peruvian culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ |
| artForm |
ceramics
ⓘ
textile art ⓘ |
| artStyle |
abstract iconography
ⓘ
mythical being motifs ⓘ |
| burialType |
shaft tombs
ⓘ
subterranean chamber tombs ⓘ |
| cultivated |
beans
ⓘ
cotton ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ tubers ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Julio C. Tello ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1920s ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ |
| flourishedIn | circa 800 BCE–100 BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy | Nazca culture ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Cavernas cemetery
ⓘ
Cerro Colorado ⓘ Paracas Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Paracas Necropolis
|
| influenced |
Nazca iconography
ⓘ
Nazca textile traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced cranial surgery
ⓘ
complex burial textiles ⓘ cranial deformation ⓘ distinctive funerary traditions ⓘ elaborate textiles ⓘ geometric and figurative textile designs ⓘ mummy bundles ⓘ polychrome embroidery ⓘ trepanation ⓘ |
| languageFamily | likely related to early Quechuan or Aymaran languages (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ica Region
ⓘ
Paracas Peninsula ⓘ south coast of Peru ⓘ |
| partOf | Andes cultural area ⓘ |
| performed | cranial trepanation ⓘ |
| practiced | artificial cranial deformation ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Nazca culture ⓘ |
| religion | Andean polytheism ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
camelid fiber
ⓘ
cotton ⓘ |
| usedTechnique |
embroidery
ⓘ
resist-dyeing ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cerro Colorado (archaeological site)
this entity surface form:
Paracas Necropolis tradition
subject surface form:
Cerro Colorado (archaeological site)
this entity surface form:
Paracas late phase
this entity surface form:
Paracas funerary bundles
this entity surface form:
Paracas culture remains
this entity surface form:
Paracas ceramics
this entity surface form:
Paracas textiles
subject surface form:
Cerro Colorado (archaeological site)
this entity surface form:
Paracas cultural area