| I was fortunate enough to meet John Rick, one of the main archaeologists at Chavin de Huantar and hear from him what they are currently working on at Chavin. Turns out there is another big plaza extending on the other side of the main plaza that has yet to be excavated and so much depth to the occupations in this area making it occupied as early at 1,500 B.C. Love getting the inside scoop, just one of the perks of being an archaeologist! | |
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| Raimondi Stela with the image of a staff god that is seen throughout Andean cultures. |
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| Quechua women have more stamina than I have ever seen. |
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| Excavations began in 1920, but everything had to start over after a landslide in 1945 recovered all these structures and plazas. |
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| El Castillo or the main temple whose height of use was 800 BC. |
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| A llama? |
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| Doble Mensula gallery - there are over 2 km of walkable tunnels plus another 5 km of drains and vents under this complex. |
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| The circular plaza built in a later phase of occupation. |
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| Tenon heads adorned the outside of El Castillo all portraying different fierce images. |
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| Ceremonial thrombus shells were found in caches within the temple. |
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| Don't need much of an imagination to see what this vessel was portraying. |
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