Gallinazo

A pottery style and culture of the first phase of the Early Intermediate Period, flourishing c 200 BC-200 AD on the north central coast of Peru (Virú Valley). Together with the slightly earlier Salinar, the Gallinazo culture is seen as transitional from Chavin-associated groups, such as Cupisnique, to the rise of the Moche state. It is related to the contemporary Recuay style of the highlands. The best-known Gallinazo pottery is black-on-orange negative resist decorated ware. The type site appears to have been a ceremonial center with a nucleus of adobe mounds and walled courtyards. Residential apartment complexes are scattered over an area around the center; it was abandoned some time after the rise of Moche.

A culture that flourished in the Viru Valley in Peru between c200 bc and ad 200 (see Early Intermediate Period). Together with the slightly earlier Salinar, the Gallinazo culture is seen as transitional from ChaviN-associated groups, such as Cupis-nique, to the rise of the Moche state. Some decorative techniques employed Qn the widely used oxidized red-ware can be traced to Salinar, and some life-modelling is reminiscent of Cupisnique. The best-known Gallinazo pottery, however, is black-on-orange negative resist decorated ware, probably related to Recuay. The type site appears to have been a ceremonial centre with a central nucleus of adobe mounds and walled courtyards. Residential apartment complexes are scattered over an area of two square kilometres around this centre; it was abandoned some time after the rise of Moche.