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Cupisnique
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<p>The Cupisnique culture was a <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> indigenous culture that flourished from c. 1500 to 500 BC along what now is <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a>'s northern Pacific coast. The culture had a distinctive style of <a href="/facts/Adobe/JADhebUw">adobe</a> clay architecture. Artifacts of the culture share artistic styles and religious symbols with the <a href="/facts/Chavin_culture/k26XL1dM">Chavin culture</a> that arose in the same area at a later date. </p>