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ID: 8698260
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698260
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chavín (former nation/state/empire)  Chavín (former nation/state/empire)

Note: Pre-Columbian kingdom, and the first unified state in north-central Peru. Notable for its artistic style, featuring a combination of human and animal (feline, avian, serpentine) characteristics. Name derives from Chavín de Huantar, a non-residential temple site in the highlands of the Peruvian Andes.

Names:
Chavín (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Peru (nation)  ........  Peru (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chavín (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Chavín (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  9th-2nd centuries BCE
state (H)
Pre-Columbian (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chavín..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 02 November 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 02 November 2016
..................  Middleton, World Monarchies and Dynasties (2005) 173
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 02 November 2016
..........  Middleton, World Monarchies and Dynasties (2005) 173-174

 

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