ANT320H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chavín De Huantar, Periodization Of Pre-Columbian Peru, Cupisnique
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Chavin de huantar 900bc 200bc (3150m: what is signified by shamanism and does this term accurately characterize. Chavin ritual practices: assess both continuities and discontinuities between chavin and later. Early horizon is preferred to be called the formative period. We see a sophistication within metallurgy (pictorials, crowns, ornaments). Advanced textile technology showing a certain standardization. Sites like kuntur wasi are reflective of the larger chavin ideology. Many of the great temples in the early horizon seem to collapse of these initial. Nino" events became more prominent more environmental hazards and unpredictable patterns of rain- mandate of heaven was lost. People believe that chavin might have been a crisis cult of all the religious heads from parts of the coast. Chavin was not centralized, was not an imperial system. In terms of hierarchy within religion, chavin was at the top. That"s why chavin was a great distributor of art.
