Peru Culture History and Archaeology
Culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of the modern country of Peru.
The Chimú state, also called the "Kingdom of Chimor," was an Andean civilization which grew out of the Moche civilization, was established in Peru about 850 AD, and conquered by the Inca in 1470
Cradled by the colourful Cerro Colorado mountain range, the Quebrada de Sto. Domingo is a very scenic 32 square km dry river valley off the Rio Moche.
From Patrick Olivares, another fabulous collection of maps and images from sites throughout Peru.
The Arawaks are a modern Native American tribe of the Peruvian Amazon in South America.
Bruce Owen has conducted years of archaeological research in Peru, and has provided much of it on the Internet.
From Cuidad Virtual del Anthropología y Archeología, an online encyclopedia of prehispanic Peru. Spanish.
The Aymara are a modern cultural group of the Andes in Peru, and the descendants of the Tiwanaku Empire in the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia and Peru (400-1500 AD).
In Between the Lines, Anthony F. Aveni provides a personal and somewhat eccentric account of how researchers have come to believe what they do about the geometric shapes and animal effigy drawings called the Nasca Lines.
Christopher Donnan's new book, Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru, is based on the photographic archive of Moche art at the University of California, Los Angeles, including photos of more than 900 portrait head vessels, of about 750 distinct individual people.
From Internet Peru, a description, history, and photographs. In Spanish and Quechua.
