Gallinazo

See also: gallinazo

English

Noun

Gallinazo pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) A pre-Columbian, pre-Inca culture that flourished in the VirĂº Valley on the northwest coast of Peru around 200 BCE.
    • 2020, Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus, Diet, Nutrition, and Foodways on the North Coast of Peru, page 55:
      Sun-dried adobe bricks were used as the primary building material by the Gallinazo.