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The main reason the Maya died out was because of wrapping their heads and anemia, from being malnourished, and not getting enough iron in there diet. 80 percent of the Mayans were malnourished, which is alot, and that would probably be enough to destroy alot of the empire. The Mayan's also bound the heads at birth so that they would look "pleasing", but that could also cause brain defects, and that could have made their society alot more vulnerable, and easier to be taken over. Although the main reason was mostly related to the people, there are still other things that added to the collapse of the Maya.

Mayan skull with anemia

Mayan skull

Chimu time

This is a Chimu "Bitface" - like an arrowhead. It depicts a person with their hands folded over their stomach.


This is a Chimu vessel. There are many animals depicted on it, including two birds - one on each side, and monkey on the top.



This is a picture of a large double chamber Chimu vessel. The dots represent rain, and on the right side, a birds head is depicted.

Moche Artifacts

This is a Moche pot, in the shape of a frog.

This is a picture of golden hands, created by the Moche people.



This is a whistle, created by the Moche people.

The Nazca tribe

This is a pot, created by the Nazca tribe. It shows a band of fruit along the middle, and trophy-shaped heads on the top and bottom.



This is a hammered-gold mouth mask, with a beard and possibly a moustache.





This is a pot from the Nazca tribe, depicting someone with a triangle shaped head.

The Paracas

This is a burial cloth, used by the Paracas tribe



This is a Paracas pot, that is in the shape of a bird.




This is gold, probably a pendant, created by the Paracas tribe.
This is a skull of a person from Paracas. They binded the growing of the head when one of them was an infant. The result - a dome shaped head - was considered beautiful.



This is a Paracas cloth, depicting a half man, half bird.

Chavin tribe

This is a clava from the Chavin Tribe. It depicts the nasal discharge associated with the use of hallucinogenic snuff.



This is a Chavin pot, probably clay, in the shape of some type of feline.




This is a stone Clava with fangs of a jaguar, carved by the Chavin people.



This is a ceramic vessel, created by the Chavin tribe of south america.








This is a Chavin pot, with a white crab depicted on it.

This is a stone plate, made by the Chavin people, it has two felines depicted at the top.