Andes and Incas Flashcards
Formative period in the Andean region
2000 BC - 200 AD
Classical Period for the Andes
200-1100 AD
Post classical region for the Andes
1100-1532 AD
Main food of the people from the Andes
Potato
Quinoa
Maize (Choclo)
Which was a very important animal for the people of the Andes
Llama
What did the llama provide
Wool
Milk
Meat
It was their “beast of burden”
Main city of the Andean people
Chavin
What else what Chavin called
The “mother culture”
What was the time period of Chavin
2500+ BC - 300 AD
What was the center of Chavin called, and what did it serve as
Chavin de Huantar
Ceremonial center
Pilgrimage center
Where did priests get their power from
The jaguar
Besides being priests, what else did they do
Astronomers
Experts in agriculture
Oracles
Which was the main domesticated animals of the Andean people
Llama
What was one of the most important hydraulic engineering achievements of the Andean people
Built canals
What was the temple at Chavin called
The castle
What things were on the walls at the castle
Heads made out of stone
What was found in the plaza in front of the castle at Chavin?
The tello obelisk
What was the raimondi stela and where was it found
A stele made with the God of staffs on it. It was found in a nearby hut of a peasant
Where was the monolithic spear (el lanzon) found and what God could it have been a tribute to
In the temple
Guari
What did the Andean people make very well out of clay
Stirrup spout vessel
Time period of the paracas
700 BC - 200 AD
Physical characteristic of the paracas people
Cranial deformation
What was one of the most used medical procedures done in the paracas people
Trepanation
Capital city of moche
Mochica
Time period of Moche
1-600 AD
Main metal found in moche
Copper
What were the two main temples in Moche called
Huaca of the sun
Huaca of the moon
What were the huaca of the sun and moon made of
Adobe
Main God of the Moche people
Ai Apaec
What else was ai Apaec called
The decapitator
What were caballitos de totora
A water craft that people of the Moche rode on to fish
5 artistic phases of the Moche people
Common Pictonic Sculptural Pathologic Erotic
Tomb found in Moche that was extremely important find
Tomb of the lord of sipan
Time period of the nazca culture
200 BC - 700 AD
Main city of the nazca people
Cahuachi
What hydronic system did the nazca people create
Puquios
Cemetery of cauchilla
Had separate rooms where people were buried. Outdoors
Who found the nazca lines
Maria reiche
Time period of tiahuanaco-huari
1400 BC - 1100 AD
What was charqui and what was it sometimes used as
Jerky
Currency
What is quipu
Instrument used to count and figure out different things or write down some things
How were quipus categorized
Color
What was puma punku
Site with amazing stone buildings
What was at the entrance of kalasasaya
The sun door
What God was on the sun door?
Showed a mix of the God of staffs and ai Apaec (maybe it was viracocha)
Time period of chimu
1300-1470 AD
Main city of chimu
Chan chan
Language in chimu
Quingnam
What were huachaques
Where the chimu people would get their water
Who conquered the chimu
The incas