Precolumbian Art of South America
before 600 A.D.

Dates	Period	Cultures	Sites
1000 - 200 bc	Early Horizon	Chavin	Chavin
200 bc - 600 ad	Early Intermediate	Moche (100bc-700ad) Nazca	Sipan Nazca
600 - 1000 ad	Middle Horizon	Huari	Huari, Tiahuanaco
1000 - 1400 ad	Late Intermediate	Chimu	Chan Chan
1400 - 1532 ad	Late Horizon	Inca	Machu Picchu, Cuzco

Source: Anthropology Museum, Guayaquil.

(See also: South American Resource Page and Miscellaneous Cultures outside Peru)

History and Cultures
Las Huacas del Sol y de la Luna (Moche). Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
The Nazca Lines. Sarah Chang, Discovery Canada 2003
Nasca Lines. Ellie Crystal
The Treasures of the Kuntur Wasi Temple (Early Horizon). Suntory Museum of Art
Tumbas Reales de Sipan (Moche). Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Peru

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1. Early Horizon

Mask Paracas 800bc-100bc

Feline Paracas 700bc-1ad

Feline Tembladera 600bc-300bc

Stirrup Spout Cupisnique 500bc-200bc

Gold Plaque Chavín 500bc-200bc

2. Nasca

Gold Mask Nasca 100bc-700ad	Nude Female Nasca 100bc-700ad	Inlaid Shell Nasca 100bc-700ad	Spatula Nasca 100bc-700ad	Birds Nasca 150ad-300
Effigy Vessel Early Nasca date not given	Fisherman Nasca 400-550	Seated Man Nasca 550-900	Severed Head Nasca 100ad-350	Mythical Being Nasca date not given
Mythical Being Nasca 350-450	Oculate Being Nasca 400-1000	Ceramic Drum Nasca 1c AD	Dog Effigy Nasca 200bc-600ad	Bird Effigy Nasca date not given
Hummingbird Nasca 400-1000	Vessel with Painted Heads Nasca 100bc-700ad

3. Moche

Portrait Head Moche 200-800	Portrait Head Moche 200-550	Portrait Head Moche 400-600	Head With Fangs Moche 400-550	Head With Feline Moche 400ad
Lobsters Moche 400-550	Hunting Scene Moche date not given	Kneeling Warrior Moche date not given	Seated Male Moche 500ad
Frog Moche 50ad-800	Ear Spools Moche 3c-7c

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