Chavín de Huantar

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.…

ecological zones of Peru. The monumental architecture reflected the unique interregional syntesis of Chavin as it is located on a crucial route from the Pacific Coast, through the high pass to the Amazon basin. The obelisk, additionally, was structured in a manner that it reflected the iconography and architecture of Chavin that was always viewed as an unprecedented unification factor of formerly heterogenous elements (James 8). The features of the Obelisk on the other hand were made in a form…

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