UJ#5 Paracas

Mayu Mohanna
HUMAN REMAIN HAVE
BEEN DISCOVERED
IN PERU DATING BACK
TO 20,000 YEARS B.C
20,000
YEARS B.C
Impressive stonework: Templo
Nuevo at Chavin de Huantar, a
World Heritage Site.
Oracle: This finely carved, stone
statue of the Chavin’s ferocious,
dominant god is called the
Lanzón Monolítico.
of the Quechua language were developed by the Chavin
and became the basis of Quechua before it’s later
influence by the Puquina and Aimara languages. New
research shows that, rather than ruling by decree, the
Chavin adapted their laws and political structures to the
needs and expectations of local peoples. The Chavin
economy was agriculturally based, though they also
had an extensive system of product exchange, which
allowed them to spread their culture valley to valley.
This stage of influence is referred to as the Early Horizon
period and is followed by the Early Intermediate period,
when cultures began growing up across Peru.
During the Early Intermediate period, the Paracas, Vicus,
Pukará, Tiahuanaco, Nasca, Moche, Recuay, Lima,
Huarpa, and other less complex or less investigated
cultures, coexisted, expanded and eventually fell into
ruin. The Paracas people (II b.c VI a.d.) were most likely
the first. The Paracas were able to develop a society
in the hostile environment of Peru’s southern, coastal
desert with an economy based on fishing, collecting
shellfish and agriculture, cultivating in deep holes in
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