
Vol 2 Ep 32 - Chavín culture
History of the World podcast
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The History of Chabin Culture
Some scholars believe that the people of bolivia had begun to smelt copper, maybe in around 700 b c e. A nose ornament currently housed in the cleveland museum of art in ohio, united states, was discovered at chavin de huanta. It depicts two ornate serpent heads, which may link to the snake imagery that could have developed from the amazonian preditor links in chabin art work. The discovery of this culture can be accredited to a peruvian archaeologist called ulio sesa teo. This is the very word that has transitioned into the modern english language as jerky. So even in modern language, we can find links back to this cultural
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