People of the Clouds

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People of the Clouds is the name given to the Chachapoya, an ancient Andean civilization known for inhabiting the cloud forests of northern Peru and building mountaintop settlements and cliffside tombs.

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Label Occurrences
People of the Clouds canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
agriculturalPractice terrace farming ⓘ
agriculturalProduct maize ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
quinoa ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chachapoya ⓘ
linked to: Chachapoya culture

Chachapoyas culture ⓘ
linked to: Chachapoya culture
approximateConquestDate late 15th century CE ⓘ
burialPractice anthropomorphic sarcophagi ⓘ
cliff tombs ⓘ
conqueredBy Inca Empire ⓘ
Tupac Inca Yupanqui ⓘ
linked to: Topa Inca Yupanqui
country Peru ⓘ
culturalInfluence Inca Empire ⓘ
demography population reduced after Spanish conquest ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
environment cloud forest ⓘ
steep mountain slopes ⓘ
flourished c. 9th century CE ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological culture studied in Peru ⓘ
knownFor circular stone houses ⓘ
cliffside tombs ⓘ
elaborate funerary practices ⓘ
mountaintop settlements ⓘ
sarcophagi placed on cliff faces ⓘ
stone architecture ⓘ
languageFamily possibly Chacha (poorly attested) ⓘ
locatedIn Amazonian cloud forests ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
northern Peru ⓘ
materialCulture ceramics ⓘ
stonework ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
neighboringCulture Inca ⓘ
linked to: Inca people

Wari (Huari) ⓘ
linked to: Wari people
notableSite Karajía sarcophagi ⓘ
Kuélap ⓘ
Leymebamba area ⓘ
Revash tombs ⓘ
linked to: Revash mausoleums
partOf Andean civilizations ⓘ
linked to: Andean civilization
region Amazonas Region ⓘ
Cajamarca Region ⓘ
religion Andean polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod Late Intermediate Period ⓘ
pre-Inca era ⓘ

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Chachapoya culture → ethnonymMeaning → People of the Clouds ⓘ