PARACAS CULTURE
HISTORY
ETYMOLOGY
"RAIN OF SAND"
"PARACA" IN QUECHUA
"PARA-"
RAIN
"-ACCO"
SAND
ORIGIN
S.700 a. C
Northern Peru
DISCOVERY
1925
By ARQ. JULIO C. TELLO
INFLUENCE
CHAVIN CULTURE
EXTENSION
FROM CHINCHA TO AREQUIPA
CULTURES
PARACAS-CAVERNS
(700 b.C. - 500 b.C.)
PARACAS-NECROPOLIS
(500 b.C. - 400 a.C.)
SOCIAL DIVITION
MILITARY AND PRIESTS
PEASANTS AND ARTISANS
DAILY LIVE
FOOD
THEY ATE A LOT OF TUBERS
EDUCATION
THEY EDUCATED WITH ACTIVITIES TO SURVIVE
AGRICULTURE
CORN
FRUITS
CERAMIC
POLYCHROME
MADE OF CLAY
THEME
RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
FISHING
BARTER
MEDICINE
CRANEAL TREPANATION
PATIENTS
RESIDENTS WITH PAIN OR BRUISES IN THE HEAD
PROCEDURE
THEY MADE A HOLE IN THE SKULL
HEALING
GOLD SILVER
ANESTECIA
COCA LEAF
TEXTILES
POLYCHROME AND DETAILED
MATERIALS
COTTON
WOOL
PARACAS PANTLES
WRAPPED MUMMIES
RELIGION
THEOCENTRIC
NAME OF GOD
KON
FUNERALS
IN UNDERGROUND RECTANGULAR CEMETERIES.
THEY MUMMIFIED THE DEAD
TOMBS
UNDER THE SAND
FORM
INVERTED CUP
APPEARANCE
TATTOOED SKIN
ELONGATED SKULLS
DRESS
LONG MANTLES
GOLD