Pre-inca culture

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As Vorinkakulturen or Präinkakulturen the civilizations on the territory of modern Peru referred to the front of the Incas from the 12th to the 16th century lived and their Inca empire. Despite the differences that existed between these cultures, they had similarities in agriculture, food, clothing, religion, social organization as well as their art. The pre-Inca cultures include:

• Wari culture (also known as Huari culture)
• Pucara culture
• Tiahuanaco culture (named after the Tiahuanaco ruins )
• Huanca culture
• Virú culture

By regions

North coast

• Aspero (approx. 3000 - 2000 BC)
• Huaca Prieta (approx. 3100 - 1500 BC)
• Caral culture , named after the Caral settlement (approx. 3000 - 1200 BC)
• Chavin culture (named after the archaeological site Chavín de Huántar ) (approx. 850 - 200 BC)
• El Paraíso (approx. 2000 - 1000 BC)
• Cerro Sechin (approx. 2000 - 1000 BC)
• Sechin Alto (approx. 1800 - 900 BC)
• Pampa de los Llamas - Moxeke (approx. 1800 - 900 BC)
• Cupisnique / Coastal Chavin (1200–200 BC)
• Moche culture (100-800 AD)
• Chimú culture (1250-1470 AD)

South coast

• Garagay (approx. 1400-600 BC)
• Paracas culture (approx. 800 BC - 100 AD)
• Nazca culture (approx. 150 BC - 600 AD)
• Lima culture (approx. 0-800 AD)
• Pachacámac (c. 0-1470 AD)
• Huari (approx. 600-1100 AD)
• Chincha (approx. 950 - 1470 AD)

Northern highlands

• La Galgada (approx. 2900 - 1800 BC)
• Kotosh (approx. 2000 - 1000 BC)
• Layzón / Agua Tapada (approx. 500 - 200 BC)
• Chavín de Huántar (approx. 1200 - 200 BC)
• Kuntur Wasi (approx. 1000-450 BC)
• Chachapoya (c. 800 - 1570 AD)

Southern highlands

• Yaya-Mama (ca.1400 BC - 300 AD)
• Wankarani (approx. 1200 BC - 200 AD)
• Huari (approx. 500-1000 AD)

Titicaca basin

• Pukara (approx. 200 BC - 200 AD)
• Tihuanaco (approx. 500-1100 AD)

literature

• Doris Kurella: Cultures and Buildings of Ancient Peru. History in the backpack (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 505). Kröner, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-520-50501-9 .