PARACAS

 The Paracas culture (700 BC - 200 AD) was a pre-Inca civilization that developed on the southern coast of the present Republic of Peru , the Paracas people have a worldwide reputation for his skill in making the finest and beautiful textiles of all pre-Columbian America ..

The name of the Paracas culture means = rain or sand people big forehead. They are also known for their surgical techniques in the skull " cranial trepanation " to cure his soldiers wounded by wars they faced .

Source : The Paracas culture was discovered by Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello in 1925 . He discovered in the cemeteries of Cerro Colorado and four hundred twenty-nine Caverns mummies , many of which contained up to sixteen plus capes cloaks , turbans, towels and other personal ornaments , the mummies and the remains found belong to the year 500 BC

The archaeologist Julio C. Tello , based on the pattern of burial , the Paracas culture divides into two periods : Paracas Caverns and Paracas Necropolis:

1. Paracas Caverns ( 700 BC -200 BC) : This period is called " Paracas Caverns " by the shape of the graves that were found by archaeologists , these were shaped like a champagne glass inverted , with deep wells that led to cameras underground with several mummies wrapped in there.

2.Cultura Paracas Necropolis (200 -200 A.C D.C. )

Called that way by the form of their tombs, Necropolis means "City of the Dead " . Paracas created true cities for their dead , tombs shaped nebula were discovered by Mejia Xesspe disciple of Julio C. Tello.

Medicine ( magical features - religious ) cranial trepanation , Paracas People practicing a crude form of brain surgery called trepanning , the Paracas doctors surgically made ​​hole in the skull to treat cranial trauma caused by war , apparently. The formation of scar tissue indicates that many patients actually survived the operations, although , of course, is impossible to know about the physical and psychological consequences .

We found a fairly significant number of skulls with gold plates covering holes. Not yet been able to properly explain the cause of such a large number of operations, but were found tools of various types. - the surgeon is called Surgeon Sir kah - tools: knives and knives of obsidian volcanic rock .