jan 17, 900 BC - Chavin de Huantar
Description:
900-200 BCE
Stone, granite,
hammered gold alloy (jewelry)
Northern highlands, Peru. Chavin
Over 700 years, helped spread artistic style of Chavin throughout highland and coastal Peru by transporting ceramics, textiles, and other portable objects back to their home
The God the temple was for carved in the Lazon which means “great spear” in spanish, referring to shape of the digging stick used in traditional agricultural
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