The
Paracas culture was an
Andean society between approximately 800 BCE and 100 BCE, with an extensive knowledge of
irrigation and water management and significant contributions in the textile arts. It was located in what today is the
Ica Region of
Peru. Most information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at the large seaside Paracas
site on the Paracas Peninsula, first investigated by the Peruvian archaeologist
Julio Tello in the 1920s.