Chancay

In the central Peruvian area, a group of people emerged, built a modest civilization, and developed it into a world that was in existence when the Spanish arrived. The Chancay people are not known for great artworks; their pottery, produced from AD 1000 to 1500, is a simple black-on-white ware, usually painted in soft colors, simply defined, and frequently crude in appearance.

The Chancay culture reached a high level of development in textile production with technical and aesthetic effects. Notable needle lace embroidery, tapestry, "kelim" (tapestry grooving) and gauze.

The funeral Contexts (graves) Chancay, have common features.

House rectangular dug in the ground more than 3 meters deep containing a "bundle" or "package" funeral accompanied by an average of 45 vessels as an offering, as well as other utencilios tillage tools and fabric.