Early Horizon

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The Early Horizon was a formative period in ancient Peruvian history marked by the widespread influence and religious-artistic expansion of the Chavín culture across the central Andes.

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Generate an image of the Early Horizon (The Early Horizon was a formative period in ancient Peruvian history marked by the widespread influence and religious-artistic expansion of the Chavín culture across the central Andes.)

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Early Horizon canonical 16
Early Horizon period 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period ⓘ
chronological period in Andean prehistory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Formative Horizon ⓘ
characterizedBy ceremonial center networks ⓘ
increased interregional interaction ⓘ
pan-Andean iconography ⓘ
religious-artistic expansion ⓘ
widespread Chavín religious influence ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
endTime c. 200 BCE ⓘ
follows Initial Period ⓘ
hasArtStyle Chavín art style ⓘ
linked to: Chavín culture
hasCentralCulture Chavín culture ⓘ
hasCoreRegion Peruvian coast ⓘ
Peruvian highlands ⓘ
linked to: Andean region

north-central highlands of Peru ⓘ
hasCoreSite Chavín de Huántar ⓘ
hasEconomicFeature circulation of prestige goods ⓘ
long-distance exchange networks ⓘ
hasKeySite Cardal ⓘ
Cerro Blanco (Nepeña Valley) ⓘ
Garagay ⓘ
Kuntur Wasi ⓘ
La Galgada ⓘ
Pacopampa ⓘ
hasMaterialCulture finely decorated ceramics ⓘ
gold and metal ornaments ⓘ
stone tenon heads ⓘ
strombus shell trumpets (pututus) ⓘ
hasPoliticalFeature religious ideological integration across regions ⓘ
hasReligionType Andean religious tradition ⓘ
influencedCulture Cupisnique culture ⓘ
Kotosh tradition ⓘ
Paracas culture ⓘ
knownFor complex religious symbolism ⓘ
elaborate ritual paraphernalia ⓘ
monumental temple architecture ⓘ
spread of feline, raptor, and serpent motifs ⓘ
stone sculpture with Chavín iconography ⓘ
sunken circular plazas ⓘ
locatedIn central Andes ⓘ
linked to: Andean region
partOf Andean chronology ⓘ
precedes Early Intermediate Period ⓘ
startTime c. 900 BCE ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Andean archaeology ⓘ
pre-Columbian studies ⓘ
timePeriodWithin Formative Period in the Andes ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chavín culture → timePeriod → Early Horizon ⓘ
Chavín de Huántar → period → Early Horizon ⓘ
Early Intermediate Period → follows → Early Horizon ⓘ
Garagay → culturalPeriod → Early Horizon ⓘ
Cardal → associatedWith → Early Horizon period ⓘ
linked to: Early Horizon
Cardal → culture → Early Horizon ⓘ
Cardal → chronologicalPhase → Early Horizon ⓘ
Raimondi Stela → period → Early Horizon ⓘ
Tello Obelisk → artPeriod → Early Horizon ⓘ
Kotosh tradition → culturePeriod → Early Horizon ⓘ
Kuntur Wasi → period → Early Horizon ⓘ
Paracas trepanation → timePeriod → Early Horizon ⓘ
Lanzón → artPeriod → Early Horizon ⓘ
Chavín Staff God → period → Early Horizon ⓘ