pre-colombian societies: a peruvian case study

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Latin American Studies 9/13/10. Pre-Colombian Societies: A Peruvian Case Study. Moche. 100 BCE-700 CE Religious and militaristic society Agriculture development of hydraulic works Exceptionally skilled artists “the Decapitator. Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la luna. Huaca del Sol - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Pre-Colombian Societies:A Peruvian Case Study

Latin American Studies9/13/10

Moche

100 BCE-700 CE

Religious and militaristic society

Agriculturedevelopment of hydraulic works

Exceptionally skilled artists “the Decapitator

Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la luna

Huaca del Sol

Huaca de la luna

Nazca

Contemporaries of the Mochecivilization

Most famous for geoglyphs

Textiles

Nazca Lines

Nazca Lines

Tiwanaku

250 BCE – 1200 CE

Near Lake Titicaca in Peru

Excelled in weaving, pottery, bone carving, and masonry

Slave labor

End of the Tiwanaku

Environmental causes Reduced rainfall after 950 CE

City of Tiwanaku abandoned by 1200

Wari

Contemporaries of the Tiwanaku

Near present-day Ayacucho, Peru

Capital: Wari

Pikillacta

Wari

Though to have begun as colony of Tiwanaku and later asserted independence

Ties to Pachacama—pilgrimage site

Quipus

Decline after year 850

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