The Nasca Culture

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract The Nasca Culture was the first complex society centered in the Nasca drainage of Peru and had its roots in local traditions and those of the Paracas people. Research in the last 20 years has refined the chronology and revealed the dynamics of the society over its 500 years. People lived in settlements ranging from small villages to the large center of Cahuachi, and variable settlement types and cultural trajectories existed in the different river valleys and elevations. Ritual practices reflected in the geoglyphs, trophy heads, plazas, pyramids, and supernatural beings in the art highlight the importance of religion as an integrating force. The desert environment and changing climatic conditions impacted the development and breakdown of the civilization. While the organization and degree of hierarchy of the culture remains debated, it was a vibrant and complex civilization that endured for centuries.
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Authors Christina A. Conlee
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.87
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391367.013.87
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