Cupisnique

Stirrup-handled Cupinisque ceramic vase 1250 BC (Larco Museum collection)

The Cupisnique culture was a pre-Columbian indigenous culture that flourished from c. 1500 to 500 BC[1] along what now is Peru's northern Pacific coast. The culture had a distinctive style of adobe clay architecture.[2] Artifacts of the culture share artistic styles and religious symbols with the Chavin culture that arose in the same area at a later date.[3]

  1. ^ Izumi Shimada, Pampa Grande and the Mochica Culture. University of Texas Press, 2010 ISBN 029278757X p62
  2. ^ Jones, Sam, Archaeologists identify 3,200-year-old temple mural of spider god in Peru, The Guardian, March 25, 2021 with images
  3. ^ "'Spider God' Temple Found in Peru", José Orozco, National Geographic News, October 29, 2008