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Mesoamerican art
Title: Mesoamerican art
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 717 | Pages: 3.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Mesoamerican art
Chavin de Huantar
Chavin de Huantar was located in Peru and developed around 900 B.C. late in the Initial Period. At an elevation of 3,150 m., Chavin de Huantar was situated at the bottom of Cordillera Blanca’s eastern slopes, approximately halfway between tropical forests and coastal plains. At the intersection of major routes, Chavin de Huantar was in the position to control the routes, increase their exchange with others, and receive goods that were not …showed first 75 words of 717 total…
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The Chavin civilization began to disappear around the third century B.C. In areas there was social instability and upheaval. Domestication of the land was also taking over. Many sites were completely and abruptly abandoned. Architecture was left unfinished and ceremonial places were demolished to make way for villages. A small village replaced the Circular Plaza and stone carvings were converted to house walls at Chavin de Huantar. Much of the architecture collapsed.
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