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Chavin National Museum

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Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Chavin National Museum
Phone:
+51 43 454011

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


The Chavín culture is an extinct, prehistoric civilization, named for Chavín de Huantar, the principal archaeological site at which its artifacts have been found. The culture developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru from 900 BCE to 200 BCE. It extended its influence to other civilizations along the coast. The Chavín people were located in the Mosna Valley where the Mosna and Huachecsa rivers merge. This area is 3,150 metres above sea level and encompasses the quechua, suni, and puna life zones. In the periodization of pre-Columbian Peru the Chavín is the main culture of the Early Horizon period in highland Peru, characterized by the intensification of the religious cult, the appearance of the ceramics closely related to the ceremonial centers, the improvement of the agricultural techniques and the development of the metallurgy and the textile. The best-known archaeological site for the Chavín culture is Chavín de Huantar, located in the Andean highlands of the present-day Ancash Region. It is believed to have been built around 900 BCE and was the religious and political center of the Chavín people. It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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