Word: chavin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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About a month ago they found the first traces of the most primitive Viruvians, who lived in caves cut into the hard-baked soil. About the time of Christ they were replaced by (or developed into) the Chavin people. Step by step, as the centuries passed, the tight little valley's life became more complex. With the Mochica culture (500-900 A.D.), it reached a peak of sophistication. The Mochicas fertilized their fields with guano and watered them with intricate irrigation ditches, one of which was 113 kilometers (70 miles) long. They wove marvelous textiles, had a highly centralized...
...Chancay shows the sophistication of Peruvian coastal art about 1200 A.D. Four smaller figurines showing costume types complete the collection. Also on exhibit is another object of great rarity at present on loan in the Museum. It is the figure of a Jaguar carved in green turquoise in the Chavin style of about...
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