GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Paracas culture is named after a desert peninsula on the southern coast of Peru. The deserts of the Paracas peninsula, whose name means “sand falling like rain,” have preserved fragile objects deposited in cemeteries some 2,000 years ago. In the late 1920s, Peruvian archaeologists recovered more than 400 textile-wrapped funerary bundles from Paracas excavations. Ceramic vessels attributed to the Paracas culture have been found on the peninsula and in nearby valleys.
Adapted from
- DMA Teaching Packet, 1993.
- Bonnie Pitman, ed., "Vessel depicting a falcon (1976.W.85)," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 24.
NOTES
"Mantle (1972.4.McD)," in Ancient American Art: Bridges to the Supernatural, DMA Teaching Packet (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1993), 26.
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44997983: UMO. Learn about the Paracas culture.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Khan Academy~Read more about the Paracas culture.
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection~Read an article by scholar Ann H. Peters about reconstructing the lost context of objects found at the Paracas Necropolis for the Dumbarton Oaks Project Grant (2005-2006).
- Paracas Archaeology Research Resources~Read an article by scholar Ann H. Peters about “tattooing” on a number of individuals from the Paracas Necropolis.
- Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings~Download a transcription of a lecture by scholar Mary Frame about the question of symmetry in Andean textiles.
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General Description
The Paracas culture is named after a desert peninsula on the southern coast of Peru. The deserts of the Paracas peninsula, whose name means “sand falling like rain,” have preserved fragile objects deposited in cemeteries some 2,000 years ago. In the late 1920s, Peruvian archaeologists recovered more than 400 textile-wrapped funerary bundles from Paracas excavations. Ceramic vessels attributed to the Paracas culture have been found on the peninsula and in nearby valleys.
Adapted from
- DMA Teaching Packet, 1993.
- Bonnie Pitman, ed., "Vessel depicting a falcon (1976.W.85)," in Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 24.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Khan Academy~Read more about the Paracas culture.
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection~Read an article by scholar Ann H. Peters about reconstructing the lost context of objects found at the Paracas Necropolis for the Dumbarton Oaks Project Grant (2005-2006).
- Paracas Archaeology Research Resources~Read an article by scholar Ann H. Peters about “tattooing” on a number of individuals from the Paracas Necropolis.
- Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings~Download a transcription of a lecture by scholar Mary Frame about the question of symmetry in Andean textiles.
Notes
"Mantle (1972.4.McD)," in Ancient American Art: Bridges to the Supernatural, DMA Teaching Packet (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1993), 26.
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