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Chavín de Huantar
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Chavín de Huantar

Archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes, 3,135 m/10,000 ft above sea level, thought to be ‘the womb of Andean civilization’. Its influence peaked between 1000 and 300 BC.

The site gave its name to the Chavín culture, one of the earliest in Latin America. Characteristic of Chavín art are representations of jaguars.



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