mar 17, 500 BC - Chavin de Huantar
Description:
900-200 BCEStone, granite,
hammered gold alloy (jewelry)
Northern highlands, Peru. Chavin
-temple ( region between the east and the west andes
strategically- people travel to the temple, art and culture and history moves through this region especially to this pitstop)
-nose ring (bull ring) was found there, contains what is considered contour rivalry, when a design of subject shares common lines, head of two serpents that share the same body
Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 17, 500 BC
Now
~ 2528 years ago