CULTURA CHAVIN

*Place of Origin:

The Chavin culture was pre-Inca civilization that developed during the Early Horizon and had its center Chavin development that is located between the rivers Mosna and Huachecsa, in the present department of Ancash in Peru.

Traditionally, the historical development of Chavín is considered a "cultural horizon" due to its artistic and religious influences present in other contemporary cultures it.

*Timeline:

 Approximately: 1200. C. - 200. C.

*religion:

The Chavin people was apparently polytheistic and worshiped gods terrifying. According to Tello, Chavin religion Amazon would have had influence, as his sculptures show supernatural beings with felínicos features as the jaguar and puma, alligators, snakes and birds such as the Andean condor and the hawk, or Amazon as the harpy eagle. The Chavin cult was stimulated by technical progress achieved in agricultural production in the textile development in the fishery (use large fishing nets) in the gold and copper metallurgy. These technical advances boosted economic development and led to the construction of many ceremonial centers.

*ceramics:

The pottery was extraordinary. It is usually monochrome, sometimes is decorated with red and black-silver. It adds a number of scores. Among the beings represented include: zoomorphic creatures (cats, monkeys, lizards, snakes and birds), fitomorfos (tubers) and anthropomorphic. The colors used were: gray, brown and black.

There are two kinds of ceramic Chavin:

Ceramic utilitarian for the common use of the common people.

Ceramic ceremonial: for ritual practices.

*textiles:

Using as raw material cotton and wool, carpets and fabrics were made. These could be simple, embroidery and fringes based embellishments and fringes. On the coast, according to Julio C. Tello "are vestiges of spinning and textiles, as piruros spindle and fragments of wool and cotton. Below are primitive technique based mesh network, chiffon, beaded, knotted, twisted, draft, etc.., According to samples found in the caves of Cerro Colorado in Paracas, a piece knotted from the graves of San Pedro Cerro Ancon and many objects of basketry and petatería ". Other tissue is found in the painted canvas Ica where there are religious characters Chavin culture, which some archaeologists, would be a catechism to disseminate religious worship of that culture.

*Goldsmith:


Gold ornament found in Chongoyape Cupisnique belonging to tradition.

Modeled by hammering and embossing, preparing diadems, bracelets, earrings, earrings, beads and small ornaments. Some samples of these works were found in Chongoyape Kuntur. The high grade gold suggests that came from Amazonian rivers washes.