Pre-Colombian Societies: A Peruvian Case Study
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Pre-Colombian Societies:A Peruvian Case Study
Latin American Studies9/13/10
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Moche
100 BCE-700 CE
Religious and militaristic society
Agriculturedevelopment of hydraulic works
Exceptionally skilled artists “the Decapitator
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Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la luna
Huaca del Sol
Huaca de la luna
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Moche Ceramic Works
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Nazca
Contemporaries of the Mochecivilization
Most famous for geoglyphs
Textiles
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Nazca Lines
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Nazca Lines
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Tiwanaku
250 BCE – 1200 CE
Near Lake Titicaca in Peru
Excelled in weaving, pottery, bone carving, and masonry
Slave labor
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Tiwanaku
Gateway of the Sun
Temple Kalasaya
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End of the Tiwanaku
Environmental causes Reduced rainfall after 950 CE
City of Tiwanaku abandoned by 1200
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Wari
Contemporaries of the Tiwanaku
Near present-day Ayacucho, Peru
Capital: Wari
Pikillacta
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Wari
Though to have begun as colony of Tiwanaku and later asserted independence
Ties to Pachacama—pilgrimage site
Quipus
Decline after year 850