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collections.]] The Paracas culture was an important Andean society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE, with an extensive knowledge of irrigation and water management. It developed in the Paracas Peninsula
Paracas Peninsula

Paracas is the name of a desert peninsula located in the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru. It was home to the Paracas culture, an important Andean society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE....
, located in what today is the Paracas District
Paracas District

Paracas District is one of eight Districts of Peru of the province Pisco Province in Peru.References...
 of the Pisco Province
Pisco Province

Pisco is a Provinces of Peru of the Ica Region in Peru. Its capital is the town of Pisco, Peru, where the popular liquor Pisco originated....
 in the Ica Region
Ica Region

Ica is a Subdivisions of Peru in Peru. It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Lima Region on the north; the Huancavelica Region and Ayacucho Region regions on the east; and the Arequipa Region on the south....
. Most of our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas necropolis
Necropolis

A necropolis is a large cemetery or burial place . Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term...
, first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello in the 1920s.






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collections.]] The Paracas culture was an important Andean society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE, with an extensive knowledge of irrigation and water management. It developed in the Paracas Peninsula
Paracas Peninsula

Paracas is the name of a desert peninsula located in the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru. It was home to the Paracas culture, an important Andean society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE....
, located in what today is the Paracas District
Paracas District

Paracas District is one of eight Districts of Peru of the province Pisco Province in Peru.References...
 of the Pisco Province
Pisco Province

Pisco is a Provinces of Peru of the Ica Region in Peru. Its capital is the town of Pisco, Peru, where the popular liquor Pisco originated....
 in the Ica Region
Ica Region

Ica is a Subdivisions of Peru in Peru. It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Lima Region on the north; the Huancavelica Region and Ayacucho Region regions on the east; and the Arequipa Region on the south....
. Most of our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas necropolis
Necropolis

A necropolis is a large cemetery or burial place . Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term...
, first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello in the 1920s. The necropolis of Wari Kayan consisted of multitudes of large subterranean burial chambers, with an average capacity of about forty mummies. It is suggested that each large chamber might have been owned by a specific family or clan, using it for many generations. Each mummy
Mummy

A mummy is a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness, very high humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs....
 was bound with cord to hold it in place, and then wrapped in many layers of intricate, ornate, and finely woven textiles. These textiles are now known as some of the finest ever produced by Pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian

The pre-Columbian era incorporates all archaeology of the Americas in the history of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the Americas continents....
 Andean societies, and are the primary works of art by which Paracas is known.

See also

Nazca culture
Nazca culture

The Nasca culture flourished from the first to eighth centuries AD beside the dry southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley ....


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