Fig 1.
View of South America and Peru.
Geographic position of Chincha valley.
Fig 2.
Coastal area related with Paracas style.
From North to South: Topará creek, Chincha valley, Pisco Valley, Paracas peninsula, Ica valley and Nazca basin (Lansat image, NASA)
Fig 3.
Paracas Sites in Chincha Valley mentioned in the text
Fig 4.
Chronological chart correlating Styles, Regional Phases, Ica Master Sequence and Cerro Gentil phases/events.
Fig 5.
Cerro del Gentil, view from south-west.
People in this picture are standing on the sunken court edge.
Fig 6.
View from the west of Cerro del Gentil sunken patio.
Fig 7.
Plan of Sunken Court of Cerro del Gentil based on our excavations.
Fig 8.
Visual Graphic of Radiocarbon Dates from Cerro del Gentil.
Date ranges are in 2 Sigmas.
Table 1.
Radiocarbon Dates from Cerro del Gentil.
Fig 9.
View from the west of Cerro del Gentil sunken patio.
Note the Brown Phase platform and Enclosure FM-1.
Fig 10.
Profile West-East of sunken patio showing phases and strata.
Fig 11.
(A) View of Enclosure FM-1, (B) Detail of Stratum E.
Fig 12.
Digital reconstruction of the main pottery shapes found in Stratum E.
(a) Neckless olla, rim with brace A; (b) convex neckless olla; (c) neckless olla, rim with brace B; (d) small neckless olla with angular shoulder; (e) neckless olla with angular shoulder; (f) convex neckless olla; (g) curved “S” rim, neckless olla; (h) necked jar; (i) hemispherical deep bowl; (j) oversized tazón with slightly vertical wall; (k) oversized hemispherical shallow bowl; (l) tazón with slightly concave wall; (m) tazón with slightly vertical wall; (n) plate with slightly vertical wall; (o) hemispherical shallow bowl; (p) Hemispherical slightly deep bowl; (q) small tazón with slightly concave wall; (r) convex glass; (s) small tazón with right angle wall.
Fig 13.
Rare objects discovered in the sunken patio in Stratum E.
(a) Wooden cones: 5–10 cm x 3–4 cm; (b) Comb: ca. 5 x 9 cm; (c) Decorated wooden plaque: 30 cm x 5.5 cm.; (d) bird head medallion: 5 cm in diameter
Fig 14.
Detail of the bird head medallion.