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Cahuachi
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Cahuachi

Cahuachi, located on the southern coast of Peru, was the most important sacred site of the Nazca civilization. The Nazca flourished between 200 BCE and 600 CE, and Cahuachi covers a similar time period. The site, which was used for harvest...
Mummy Skulls, Cahuachi
Image by Jean Robert Thibault

Mummy Skulls, Cahuachi

Mummy skulls from the Nazca sacred burial site Cahuachi, southern Peru. The site was in use between 100 BCE and 550 CE.
Burial Mound, Cahuachi
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Burial Mound, Cahuachi

A burial mound at the Nazca site of Cahuachi, southern Peru. The 40 mounds at the site are built on natural hilltops using earth and adobe-brick retaining walls. The site was used for burials and religious ceremonies between 100 BCE and 550...
Ceremonial Plaza, Cahuachi
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Ceremonial Plaza, Cahuachi

A plaza for ceremonial gatherings and burial mound at the Nazca site of Cahuachi, southern Peru. The 40 mounds at the site are built on natural hilltops using earth and adobe-brick retaining walls. The site was used for burials and religious...
Nazca Civilization
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Nazca Civilization

The Nazca civilization flourished on the southern coast of Peru between 200 BCE and 600 CE. They settled in the Nazca and other surrounding valleys with their principal religious and urban sites being Cahuachi and Ventilla, respectively...
Changing Worlds: Climate & Disaster in Antiquity
Collection by Mark Cartwright

Changing Worlds: Climate & Disaster in Antiquity

Although climate change has today become a much bigger and more globalized problem than in the past, ancient peoples did have to contend with local events that severely disrupted or even ended their way of life as they knew it. A long series...
Nazca Lines
Article by Mark Cartwright

Nazca Lines

The Nazca civilization flourished in southern Peru between 200 BCE and 600 CE and amongst their most famous legacies are the geoglyphs and lines - often referred to as Nazca Lines - along the eastern coast of Peru and northern Chile. The...
Nazca Pottery
Article by Mark Cartwright

Nazca Pottery

The pottery of the Nazca civilization, which flourished in ancient Peru between 200 BCE and 600 CE, is amongst the most distinctive art produced by any civilization from antiquity. Endlessly inventive both in form and in its use of strong...
Climate Change & Disaster - Linking Antiquity and Present
Lesson by Marion Wadowski

Climate Change & Disaster - Linking Antiquity and Present

This activity can be done in class as a discussion, given as homework or assignment for an essay or a presentation. It includes keys and all the material needed. You can just print and roll with it in your class without preparation! In...
Inca Mummies
Article by Mark Cartwright

Inca Mummies

The Inca civilization of Peru, as with many other ancient Andean cultures, mummified many of their dead and buried them with valuable materials such as precious metal jewellery, fine pottery, and sumptuous textiles. Important mummies could...
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