Chavín De Huántar
The Old Temple Circular Court
The circular court of the Old Temple is a subterranean plaza with two staircases and the Tello Obelisk in its center. The walls have a series of engravings on the top and bottom. The top is a procession of mythical figures holding the hallucinogenic cactus of San Pedro and the bottom is a carving a jaguar figure. Notice the characterictic Chavin style snake hair, fangs and claws.
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Mythical
figure with |
Jaguar Relief from lower panel |
Bibliography
Stone-Miller,
Rebecca. Art of the Andes: from Chavín to Inca. Thames and
Hudson: NY, 1995.
Richardson, James B. People of the Andes. St. Remy Press: Montreal,
1994.
An
Introduction
Overview
of the Old Temple
The
Old Temple Circular Court
The
New Temple and the Black and White Portal