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Their ceramics, although less refined than those of Tiwanaku, stressed solid construction, bold design, and a rich use of colors.
Later, Huari was the center of a militaristic Empire that dominated much of the Peruvian highlands and coastal region during the early part of the Middle Horizon. For reasons unknown, Huari and its large urban centers like Cajamarquilla, collapsed at around 800 A. This marks the end of urban life in southern Peru - until the Inca arrive.
C, making them contemporary with Las Vegas culture and Valdivia culture in Ecuador and the Norte Chico civilization in Peru.
The Chinchorro culture of South America was a preceramic culture that lasted from (7,000 to 1,500 B. The people forming the Chinchorro culture were sedentary fishermen inhabiting the Pacific coastal region of current northern Chile and southern Peru.
The Huari shared a religion and iconography with the Tiwanaku, but were socio-economically separate. Curiously though, at the same time, urban centers are starting to pop-up on the northern coast of Peru, at the sites of future cities such as Chan Chan, Pacatnamú, and others.