The site is located in the ancash region, 250 kilometers 160 mi north of lima, at an elevation of 3,180 meters 10,430 ft, east of the cordillera blanca at the start of the. The temple is a massive flattopped pyramid surrounded by lower platforms. Urabarriu 900500 bce, chakinani 500400 bce, and jarabarriu 400250 bce. The culture developed in the northern andean highlands of peru from 900 bce to 200 bce. Our mission is to provide a free, worldclass education to anyone, anywhere. Este gran monolito data, aproximadamente, del ano a. Chavin unesco world heritage site nose ornament at the cleveland museum of art. Chavin had a small, powerful elite that was legitimized through a claim to divine authority. Lanzon monolitico chavin escultura con figuras humanas y.
Cultura chavin resumen y caracteristicas profeenhistoria. These analyses lead to a new interpretation of ceramic production in chavin between ca. Chavin archaeological site unesco world heritage centre. Cultura chavin plaza mayor plaza menor plataforma sur plataforma norte plaza circular castillo o edi. It is a ushaped plaza with a sunken circular court in the center.
Chavin was a ceremonial and pilgrimage centre for the andean religious world and hosted people from different latitudes, distances and languages, becoming an important centre of ideological, cultural and religious convergence and dissemination around a cult spread over a wide territory of the andes, as far as the north, central and south coasts. Cultura chavin conoce su influjo en otras culturas. The southern arm of the temple was subsequently twice widened by rectangular additions, into which some of the. Burger, chavin and the origins of andean civilization, london. The chavin civilization developed in the northern andean highlands of peru between 900250 bce. The high members of society were very religious and had much art related to felines or gods made in their homes to be closer spiritually. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.