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Chavin Culture |
 GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION:
This culture developed near la Cordillera Blanca (the White Mountain) on the banks of Mosna River, in Chavin de Huantar District, Huari Province and Ancash Department.
PERIOD:
First Horizon or Early Horizon
AGE:
From 2000 to 200 BC
DISCOVERY:
It was discovered by Julio C. Tello (1880 – 1947) “The Father of the Peruvian Archeology” in 1919.
TERRITORIAL EXTENSION:
In the north, it extended until Ecuador Andes and in the south, it reached until part of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina territories.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:
 MAIN EXPRESSION OF THIS CULTURE
ARCHITECTURE:
Its buildings were mainly made of Stone (lithics ), although in some areas, they also used the mud.
They used platforms, their pyramids were incomplete, built temples as the Castillo Chavin (Chavin castle), oratories, underground Gallery with ventilation wells in carved stones and ornamented with feline heads called Cabezas Clavas (nailed heads).
SCULPTURE:
The sculpture is also lithic. It represented mythological Gods with great master; The Jaguar, The Condor, and the Snake were among them.
 The best sculptures are:
- Estela Raymondi (The Raymondi Stele, forms of ceremonial knives of great size) (1.93 m) represents Wiracocha God.
- Lanzón Monolítico (Monolithic Lance, forms of ceremonial knives of great size), made of granite with 4.53 m high represents the jaguar.
- Obelisco Tello (Tello Obelisk) is of 2.52 m height engraved with mythological beings perfectly carved in high relief.
- Cabezas clavas (Fixed Heads) represented feline humans.
CERAMICS:
They used black, gray, lead – gray color (stone color).
The shape was globular, solid body, with neck or wide bridge with drawings of mythological beings in high relief.
They left exemplars of great beauty as vessels, pitchers, cups, plates, bottles, etc |
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