Pre-Columbian Art

Slide list 9

 

Chav’n de Huantar, 1000 Ð 500 BCE

 

Old Temple, Chavin de Huantar,  c.1000-500 BC

         Shaman tenon-heads, Old Temple

         Sunken courtyard, Old Temple

                  Jaguar and Supernatural processions

        

Great Lanz—n, Old Temple

 

Tello Obelisk, found at Old Temple, Chavin de Huantar, c.900

 

 

New Temple, Chavin de Huantar, 500 BC

         Black and White Portal

 

Chavin Cult

Plaque with Supreme Diety, Gold, 1000-500 BC

 

Textile Fragment with Female Diety, 1000-500 BC

 

 

Terms:

Andes, vertical economies and reciprocity

Tinkuy

San Pedro Cactus

Oracle

Kenning

Cayman, manioc, ahi, spondylus and strombus shells

Pereperawa