Art of the Americas

Chancay culture

The Chancay were a pre-Hispanic archeological civilization that developed between the valleys of Fortaleza, Pativilca, Supe, Huaura, Chancay, Chillón, Rimac and Lurín, on the central coast of Peru, from about 1000 to 1470 CE.

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• ▸Lupaca
• ▸Italic script
• ▸Hernán Cortés

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