Chavin de Huantar: Home of the Falcons, main entrance to El Castillo (New Temple): East Façade: Black Chavin de Huantar (Peru): in 1968, detail

Published/Created:
Peru, Ancash, Chavin de Huantar
ca. 1000-300 BCE
Notes:
Its name is derived from birds carved on cylindrical columns that form this cover. Found in 1967
Variant Titles:
Chavin de Huantar (Peru): Portico de la Falconidas
Topics:
Architecture -- Pre-Columbian -- Andean -- Chavin -- (YVRC)
Culture:
Pre-Columbian: Chavin
Accession Number:
4658-152
Genre:
archaeological sites (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Creator:
Photos by Abraham Guillen M
Source Title:
Miscellaneous Pre-Columbian Arts Photograph Collection
Source Note:
Gift, Latin American Studies Council
Call Number:
VRC 140
Box:
1
Folder:
#4
Orbis Barcode:
39002074988743
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
OID:
10986064
PID:
digcoll:1845152