The Chavin de Huantar is a building used for religious purposes that was made between 900-200 B.C.E. The intended audience of this structure would be the shamans; people who practiced shamanism and were considered spiritual leaders who were connected to and influencing spiritual elements. So, the sacred theme would be religion, specifically Shamanism, a religious culture that flourished in the Andes Mountains from 900-200 B.C.E. which is around the time this structure was made. The structure conveys its religious theme through the way in which it meets where two rivers join, symbolizing a harmonious meeting. It is a pilgrimage for the shamans which mean that it is a faraway location which shows that the people who go are devoted to their worship.
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While digging near the main plaza, they found a finely carved stone monolith that displayed a dismembered and decapitated woman. Immediately, they knew they found something special. Afterward, archaeologists concluded that the monolith displayed the Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui, the sister of the Mexica’s patron god, Huitzilopochtli. This monolith led to the detection of the Templo Mayor, the main Mexica temple located in the sacred district of the former Mexica capital, known as Tenochtitlan, which is now present-day Mexico City. The city of Tenochtitlan was established in 1325 on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco and with the city’s foundation the original structure of the Templo Mayor was built. In between the years 1325 and 1519, the Templo Mayor was expanded, enlarged, and reconstructed during seven main building phases, which likely corresponded with different rulers, or tlatoani (“speaker”), taking office. Sometimes new construction was the result of environmental problems, such as flooding. Located in the sacred precinct at the heart of the city, the Templo Mayor was positioned at the center of the Mexica capital and thus the entire empire. The capital was also divided into four main parts, with the Templo Mayor in the center. This design reflects the Mexica cosmos, which was believed to be made of four parts structured around the navel of the universe, or the axis mundi. Two large staircases led to twin temples, which were dedicated to the gods Tlaloc and Huitzilopochti. Tlaloc was the deity of water and rain and was associated with agricultural fertility. This historic landmark was intended as an ode to the two gods Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. Huitzilopochtli was the patron idol of the Mexica, and he was linked to fire, warfare, and the Sun. Put together on the temple, the two divinities represented the concept of atl-tlachinolli, or burnt water, which connoted warfare—the
While digging near the main plaza, they found a finely carved stone monolith that displayed a dismembered and decapitated woman. Immediately, they knew they found something special. Afterward, archaeologists concluded that the monolith displayed the Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui, the sister of the Mexica’s patron god, Huitzilopochtli. This monolith led to the detection of the Templo Mayor, the main Mexica temple located in the sacred district of the former Mexica capital, known as Tenochtitlan, which is now present-day Mexico City. The city of Tenochtitlan was established in 1325 on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco and with the city’s foundation the original structure of the Templo Mayor was built. In between the years 1325 and 1519, the Templo Mayor was expanded, enlarged, and reconstructed during seven main building phases, which likely corresponded with different rulers, or tlatoani (“speaker”), taking office. Sometimes new construction was the result of environmental problems, such as flooding. Located in the sacred precinct at the heart of the city, the Templo Mayor was positioned at the center of the Mexica capital and thus the entire empire. The capital was also divided into four main parts, with the Templo Mayor in the center. This design reflects the Mexica cosmos, which was believed to be made of four parts structured around the navel of the universe, or the axis mundi. Two large staircases led to twin temples, which were dedicated to the gods Tlaloc and Huitzilopochti. Tlaloc was the deity of water and rain and was associated with agricultural fertility. This historic landmark was intended as an ode to the two gods Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. Huitzilopochtli was the patron idol of the Mexica, and he was linked to fire, warfare, and the Sun. Put together on the temple, the two divinities represented the concept of atl-tlachinolli, or burnt water, which connoted warfare—the