chincha culture

Location:
The Chincha O UNITED CHINCHA ture spread through the valleys of Chincha Pisco, Ica and Nazca, although its political center was in the valley of Chincha. The people chincha developed between the years 800 AD until 1476 AD when it was assimilated to the empire of the Incas: the Tahuantinsuyo. The Chincha Culture gets prominence after the fall of the Huari Empire in 1100 AD approx. Was developed where the settlers live before the Paracas culture.

                                                 

Religion
Chinchaycamac, was their chief god and Urpy Huachay (to stop the pigeons) was his sanctuary that refers to a female huaca Pachacámac wife; They believed that their gods came from that island. Their palaces were sanctuaries and huacas
Architecture
The Chincha, like other cultures of the Peruvian coast, adobe architecture developed and used the technique of "adobón" or mud. The main buildings are located in the valley of Chincha, Tambo de Mora, Lurinchincha and San Pedro, where they built ceremonial administrative centers.

                   

       


CERÁMICA.- was polychrome pottery (black, white, cream, red, gray), decorated with geometric figures, various characters, stylized birds and fish. The "Jugs" expressed his particular style of Chincha, has globular body and long neck, with handle intermediate bridge.
They are samples of pottery:
-Vasos Made of hard clay and well polished, usually red clay and decorated with geometric shapes inspired by the textile art.
-Forms Anthropomorphic sculptures with paintings on the cheeks, ankle, wrist and cubresexos, representations of birds and fish with feathers and scales.
-Jarras Globular body and long neck.
-Recipientes Shaped barrels, arranged horizontally, with a small chute and two asitas.
-Platos High-sided vessels and low shores.

                                     

Chincha textiles
Chincha culture in achieving finest fabrics they used to 398 threads per inch, so subtle good job of spinning creating beautiful fabrics.

         

WOOD ENGRAVING CHINCHA
The Chincha culture wood used to produce farm tools and elements used in navigation. Seen in the illustration on top of a ceremonial oar, worked neatly and detailed, which presents five different mythical characters dressed in headdresses birds and geometric figures.
-Tallado Of wooden oars concocted, ceremonial beams

                                     


Tapestries.
 objects and ornaments made of gold, silver, copper and bronze. The chinchas also did work in metallurgy and metal alloy used for their vessels. One of his typical works are the "vessels narigones" were made of silver, gold or an alloy of metals. Its surface could be smooth or embossed with snakes, fish or corn cobs, but always stood out in high relief a human face. To shape the glass, they used the Hammered without using welding.
The size and unique wooden carvings reached technical and artistic significance. They carved various objects, among them instruments in the form of stick or paddle, adorned with many figures and other unadorned. In some it is a resinous red and blue paint, yellow, so the researchers think that these carvings were sticks rudder served to guide ships. Others, on the delicacy of the work, believe they had ceremonial and finally feel that correspond to agricultural implements.