Chancay culture
The Chancay culture developed on the coast of central Peru , north of Lima , between 1300 and 1450 .
distribution
It is known, among other things, for its ceramic figures, funerary urns and the cuchimilcos , which were found in large numbers in various tombs of larger necropolises , such as in Ancón . These graves were all looted. The Chancay culture spread over four coastal valleys: Río Chillón , Río Huaura , Río Rímac and Río Chancay .
Crafts and arts
Cuchimilcos are stylized anthropomorphic figures of various sizes. They are usually relatively clumsy, irregularly modeled and with running paint, which suggests that they were made in a great hurry.
The Chancay culture is also characterized by a valuable textile art that was adopted from the Paracas culture . Examples include shrouds and various burial objects such as B. Chancay dolls. These cloth dolls were given to the deceased in the grave. Some seem to depict stages in the life of the deceased or people who were very close to them.
literature
- Wendell C. Bennett, Rene D'Harnoncourt: Ancient Art of the Andes . Routledge 1967, ISBN 0-7146-2040-8 ( limited online version (Google Books) )
- Laura Laurencich Minelli, Cecilia Bákula, Mireille Vautier: The Inca world: the development of Pre-Columbian Peru, AD 1000-1534 . University of Oklahoma Press 2000, ISBN 0-8061-3221-3 , pp. 115–118 ( restricted online version (Google Books) )
Web links
- Chancay style
- Chancay and Nazca textiles with pictures (PDF file; 739 kB)