Early Horizon (jan 1, 900 BC – jan 1, 100 BC)
Description:
Collapse of some of the Initial period sites along the coast. Defensive settlements. There is complexity, but mostly an emphasis on regional ritual pilgramige centres e.g. ChavínRegional cult model: sites or regions that hold aspects of a state-like environment, but lack socio-economic hierarchies
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Date:
jan 1, 900 BC
jan 1, 100 BC
~ 800 years