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Pre-Colombian Societies: A Peruvian Case Study Latin American Studies 9/13/10

Latin American Studies 9/13/10. 100 BCE-700 CE Religious and militaristic society Agriculture development of hydraulic works Exceptionally skilled

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Page 1: Latin American Studies 9/13/10.  100 BCE-700 CE  Religious and militaristic society  Agriculture  development of hydraulic works  Exceptionally skilled

Pre-Colombian Societies:A Peruvian Case Study

Latin American Studies9/13/10

Page 2: Latin American Studies 9/13/10.  100 BCE-700 CE  Religious and militaristic society  Agriculture  development of hydraulic works  Exceptionally skilled

Moche

100 BCE-700 CE

Religious and militaristic society

Agriculturedevelopment of hydraulic works

Exceptionally skilled artists “the Decapitator

Page 3: Latin American Studies 9/13/10.  100 BCE-700 CE  Religious and militaristic society  Agriculture  development of hydraulic works  Exceptionally skilled

Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la luna

Huaca del Sol

Huaca de la luna

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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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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