Recuay culture
Early Intermediate | |
Dates | c. 200 BCE – 600 CE |
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Preceded by | Chavín culture |
Followed by | Wari culture |
The Recuay culture was a
Territory
This culture developed in the Callejón de Huaylas valley, and its artistic style is also known as "Huaylas."
The Recuay area is very close to the area of the earlier
While the Peruvian coastal cultures of that time, such as the Moche, the Lima, and the Nasca, are much better known, the high sierra also saw the emergence of powerful cultural polities. These were the
The relationship between the Recuay and the Moche state in the north must have been rather tense because they shared borders and competed for the same water sources. There is evidence of considerable warfare, and of the warrior-oriented society as reflected in their fortified buildings and iconography. In fact, the Recuay are associated with the earliest emergence of fortified centres and towns in the Peruvian Andes.[2]
Recuay peoples built rectangular-shaped tombs with multiple rooms and levels.[3]
The culture especially flourished in the Callejón de Huaylas region, and along the
Ceramics
Recuay culture features a distinctive pottery with decoration in three colors: black, red, and white. Recuay potters sculptured small figures of humans, jaguars, llamas, and other animals, which they attached to the vessel. Their pottery is related to Virú cultural pottery (also known as Gallinazo). The Viru Valley lies just north of the Recuay area.
Like the Cajamarca, Recuay ceramics used
Other art forms
Recuay textiles were of very high quality, and used similar decorative motifs as the ceramics.
Recuay stone carvings called Aija are found throughout the Peruvian Highlands. They are related to those of the
Pashash culture
Pashash culture (500 – 1000 CE) is seen as a later development of Recuay culture. It developed in the northern Sierra de Ancash (Cabana) region. Its remains are found in
Metallurgy was also advanced at this time. At Pashash, very fine Recuay style jewelry of gilt arsenic bronze were excavated, as well as fine pottery; the dates are between AD 300 and 600.[6]
See also
Notes
- ISBN 1587299747p13
- ISBN 1587299747p11
- ^ Lau, George (2011). Andean Expressions: Art and Archaeology of the Recuay Culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. pp. 93–95.
- ^ The Recuay Culture Tampere Museum
- ^ Recuay art metmuseum.org
- ISBN 0292773099
References
- Parts of this article are based on Spanish Wikipedia
- Lau, George F., Andean expressions: art and archaeology of the Recuay culture. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2011
- Lau, George F., An archaeology of Ancash: stones, ruins and communities in Andean Peru. Abingdon: Routlege, 2016
- Lau, G. F. (2004). "The Recuay Culture of Peru's North-Central Highlands: A Reappraisal of Chronology and Its Implications". Journal of Field Archaeology. 29 (1–2): 177–202. S2CID 131700430.