Nazca drainage
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The Nazca drainage is a river basin region on Peru’s south coast that supported the Nazca culture’s settlements, agriculture, and ceremonial centers during the Early Intermediate Period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nazca drainage canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological region
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
key region for studying desert agriculture
ⓘ
key region for understanding Nazca sociopolitical organization ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nazca Lines ⓘ |
| climate | extremely low rainfall ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| economicBase |
cotton cultivation
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gourd cultivation ⓘ lima bean cultivation ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ peanut cultivation ⓘ |
| environmentType | hyper-arid desert ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Cahuachi
ⓘ
Estaquería ⓘ La Muña ⓘ Los Molinos ⓘ Tinguiña ⓘ |
| hasCeremonialCenter | Cahuachi ⓘ |
| hasMainRiver | Nazca River ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Aja River
ⓘ
Las Trancas River NERFINISHED ⓘ Taruga River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tierras Blancas River ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern | dispersed villages along irrigation canals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex irrigation systems
ⓘ
long-term cultural continuity ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken | Proto-Quechuan-Aymaran vicinity (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ica Region
ⓘ
Nazca Province ⓘ South Coast of Peru ⓘ
surface form:
south coast of Peru
|
| partOf | Pacific watershed of Peru ⓘ |
| periodOfMajorOccupation | Early Intermediate Period ⓘ |
| regionType | oasis valleys in coastal desert ⓘ |
| researchField | Andean archaeology ⓘ |
| supportedCulture |
Nazca culture
ⓘ
Paracas culture ⓘ |
| timeSpanIntensiveUseEnd | c. 600 CE ⓘ |
| timeSpanIntensiveUseStart | c. 200 BCE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial activities
ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ settlement ⓘ |
| waterSource | Andean runoff ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.