Nazca period

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The Nazca period was an ancient pre-Columbian era in southern Peru, best known for the Nazca culture’s intricate pottery, textiles, and the monumental Nazca Lines geoglyphs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture period
pre-Columbian period
associatedWithCulture Nazca culture NERFINISHED
associatedWithDeity fertility and water deities
mythical anthropomorphic beings
economyBasedOn cotton cultivation
irrigated agriculture
maize cultivation
marine resource exploitation
endTime c. 800 CE
follows Paracas period NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Cahuachi NERFINISHED
Estaquería NERFINISHED
Los Paredones NERFINISHED
Nazca Lines NERFINISHED
hasArtStyle Nazca polychrome ceramics NERFINISHED
abstract iconography
mythical being motifs
naturalistic plant and animal motifs
hasCapitalOrCenter Cahuachi NERFINISHED
hasChronologicalPhase Early Nazca NERFINISHED
Late Nazca NERFINISHED
Middle Nazca NERFINISHED
hasKeyFeature ceremonial feasting practices
large-scale ritual landscapes
hasMainSite Ica Valley NERFINISHED
Nazca Valley NERFINISHED
Palpa region NERFINISHED
hasRitualCenter Cahuachi NERFINISHED
influenced later Andean cultures
influencedBy Paracas culture NERFINISHED
knownFor Nazca Lines NERFINISHED
complex irrigation systems
fine textiles
polychrome pottery
puquios (underground aqueducts)
languageFamily likely Proto-Quechuan or related Andean languages (hypothesized)
locatedIn South Coast of Peru NERFINISHED
southern Peru NERFINISHED
partOf Andean chronology NERFINISHED
produced embroidered textiles
fine-line painted ceramics
geoglyphs
religion Andean polytheism
startTime c. 100 BCE
timeInAndeanSequence Early Intermediate Period NERFINISHED
usesTechnology puquios water management system NERFINISHED
terraced agriculture

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Estaquería timePeriod Nazca period
Ventilla timePeriod Nazca period