Chavin de Huantar - Presentation

What time period was the Chavin de Huantar in use?

• 900-100 BCE

• 200 BCE -600 CE

• 1500-400 BCE

• 900-500 BCE

The site is located in Peru Between a mountain pass and two converging rivers

• True

• False

What is the importance of the location of the Chavin De Huantar

• it shows ukuh (belief in power present in nature)

• shows tinku (belief in coming together)

• shows reciprocity (belief in balanced exchange)

What does the old temple contain?

• series of dark and narrow underground tubes

• ceremonial plaza's

• private estates

• The Lanzon stela

Merchants can go into the tunnels inside the Old Temple

• True

• False

The Lanzon Stela is named that way because ...

• it is the name of the figure portrayed in the sculpture

• It is the name of the person who created it

• of its shape that looks a plow

• it is the name of the god that it represents

How can the Lanzon Stela be described?

• it illustrates the origins of the chavin people with grids

• it shows a figure with a caiman headdress

• it represents the power of the emperor through the animals depicted

• it represents the agricultural god and shows a figure with a jaguar head

Describe the New Temple

• is underground and is used as a spiritual center

• a sunken court with a plaza and is used as a trade hub

• is underground and is used as a trade hubs

• a sunken court with a plaza and is used as a spiritual center

What is significant about the Raimondi Stela?

• uses contour rivalry

• shows twisted perspective

• depicts sun god

• depicts a jaguar headed figure with a caiman head dress

What does the Raimondi Stela represents

• the power present in nature specifically the jaguar and caiman

• the importance of reciprocity and equal exchange especially in trade

• the belief in tinku and convergence through the depiction of human and animal features

• the importance of worship towards the agriculture god