PARACAS Culture

Paracas culture mainly characterized by its famous funerary bundles, their textiles, and the deformation of skulls, was one of the cultures originated on the southern coast of Peru. The famous funerary bundles are cemeteries where the dead were buried with extremely luxurious robes decorated with ceremonial and symbolic objects. They contain some very advanced variety of textiles to be one of the oldest cultures. One of the reasons that led to the Paracas culture popular in the world were their textiles. The mantles contained images depicting characters in costumes rituals. The beauty of textiles was of very high value that some were taken illegally by looters, who led Peru's illegal to enter foreign collections. For gold Paracas culture was not a material treasured as it was in Europe and Asia. To the Andean world gold had an important place because it served a ritual. In this sense, meant the most valuable textiles and representing a great investment and a long work process. The deformation of skulls. So today is a mystery why the cranial deformation in the Paracas culture. Perhaps it was a magic-religious ritual but the meaning is so uncertain. After hundreds of years of experimentation, the men of the Paracas culture came to change the axis of the brain deformation achieved almost erect. The skulls were wrapped in blankets pressure in newborn up to form a skull on top. The skulls were found in the Paracas Necropolis, were divided into three forms: bilobalide, Cuneiform, Tabular cylindrical. The wonder of the Paracas culture is diverse. Mainly textiles were most striking in the global world. Until today, the Paracas culture is admired by hundreds and thousands. It is commonly visited in Peru.