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Paracas

The Paracas culture (c. 700 B.C.E.–200 C.E.) is best known not for its monumental architecture, but for what lay buried below the ground: a necropolis of hundreds of miraculously preserved mummy bundles.

Dates

c. 700 B.C.E.–200 C.E.

Places

South America > Peru

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Paracas textiles, an introduction

Paracas, an introduction

Glossary for pre-Columbian art

Andean cultures, an introduction

Works of Art

Paracas Flying Figure Bowl

3rd–1st century B.C.E.

Paracas Feline Face Bottle

800–550 B.C.E.

Paracas Supernatural Bird Mantle

50–100 C.E.

Curated Guides to Paracas

All Textbook Chapters

Early South America (c. 3000 B.C.E.–2nd century C.E.)

Textbook Chapter - Reframing Art History

Paracas