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The Paracas culture was an important Andean society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE that developed in the Paracas Peninsula, located in what today is the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region. Most of our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas necropolis, first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello in the 1950s. The necropolis consisted of multitudes of large subterranean burial chambers, with an average capacity of about forty mummies. It is theorized that each large chamber wold be owned by a specific family or clan, who would place their dead ancestors in the burial over the course of many generations. Each mummy was bound with cord to hold it in place, and then wrapped in many layers of incredibly intricate, ornate, and finely woven textiles. These textiles are now known as some of the finest ever produced in the history of Pre-Columbian Andean societies, and are the primary works of art by which Paracas is known.

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-'''Paracas''' is the name of a desert [[peninsula]] on the south coast of [[Peru]] that was home to an important [[Andean]] society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE. Most of our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas [[necropolis]], first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist [[Julio Tello]] in the 1950s. The necropolis consisted of multitudes of large subterranean burial chambers, with an average capacity of about forty mummies. It is theorized that each large chamber wold be owned by a specific family or clan, who would place their dead ancestors in the burial over the course of many generations. Each [[mummy]] was bound with cord to hold it in place, and then wrapped in many layers of incredibly intricate, ornate, and finely woven textiles. These textiles are now known as some of the finest ever produced in the history of [[Pre-Columbian]] Andean societies, and are the primary works of art by which Paracas is known.
+The '''Paracas culture''' was an important [[Andean]] society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE that developed in the [[Paracas Peninsula]], located in what today is the [[Paracas District]] of the [[Pisco Province]] in the [[Ica Region]]. Most of our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas [[necropolis]], first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist [[Julio Tello]] in the 1950s. The necropolis consisted of multitudes of large subterranean burial chambers, with an average capacity of about forty mummies. It is theorized that each large chamber wold be owned by a specific family or clan, who would place their dead ancestors in the burial over the course of many generations. Each [[mummy]] was bound with cord to hold it in place, and then wrapped in many layers of incredibly intricate, ornate, and finely woven textiles. These textiles are now known as some of the finest ever produced in the history of [[Pre-Columbian]] Andean societies, and are the primary works of art by which Paracas is known.
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