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    archaeological site for the Chavín culture is Chavín de Huántar, located in the Andean highlands of the present-day Ancash Region. Although Chavín de Huántar may or...
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    Chavín de Huántar (archaeological site) at Wikimedia Commons Chavin de Huantar: Organ World's largest and oldest? Exploring Chavín de Huántar Chavín de...
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  • chavin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chavin may refer to: Chavín de Huantar, an archaeological site in Peru built by the Chavín culture Chavín District...
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    Operation Chavín de Huántar was a military operation in which a team of 142 commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces ended the 1997 Japanese embassy hostage...
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    Counterterrorist Company "Chavín de Huántar" No. 61, commonly known as Chavín de Huántar Command (Spanish: Comando Chavín de Huántar), is the elite unit...
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  • "Nick" Chavin (July 3, 1944 – March 15, 2023), also known by the stage name Chinga Chavin, was an American musician and advertising executive. Chavin released...
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    Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello at the Chavín culture site of Chavín de Huántar. Construction of Chavín de Huántar began around 1200 BCE and the site...
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  • "Jaime Chavín". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 June 2021. "South American Championship 1917". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Jaime Chavín at National-Football-Teams...
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    country. The Chavín culture has very distinctive art styles, particularly in effigy pots, a number of which were in feline shapes. Chavin de Huantar was...
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    1200-1521. In the central Peruvian Andes, the Chavín civilization flourished from around 1000 BCE to 300 BCE. The Chavín produced small-scale pottery, often human...
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    Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca El poder brutal, Quito Chachapoya cliff tombs at Revash Chavín de Huantar's Old Temple Mount Rushmore, South Dakota – granite Crazy Horse...
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    Amapá Question 2017 social unrest in French Guiana c. 900 BCE — c. 200 BCE Chavín culture c. 500 — c. 1100 CE Wari Empire c. 1230 Sinchi Roca, the second...
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    Lanzón (category Chavin culture)
    associated with the Chavín culture. It is located in the Old Temple of Chavin de Huantar which rests in the central highlands of Peru. The Chavín religion was...
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    Raimondi Stele (category Chavin culture)
    significant piece of art of the Chavín culture of the central Andes in present-day Peru. The Chavín were named after Chavín de Huantar, the main structure...
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    spoons have a very long history. Archeologists found them, for example, at Chavín de Huántar site in Peru (presumably used for consumption of psychoactive...
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  • Rhinella chavin is a species of toads from family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the Huánuco Region, Peru. It lives in cloud forests of eastern Andean slopes...
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  • Chavín District is one of eleven districts of the province Chincha in Peru. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información...
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    Stela of the cactus bearer (category Chavin culture)
    the Chavín Archaeological Research Project carried out between 1966 and 1973. In 2001, during the excavation season of Stanford University's Chavín de...
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    Teotihuacan Nicoya Veracruz Totonac Toltec Andes Caral–Supe Casma–Sechin Chavín Paracas Nazca Moche Lima Tiwanaku Wari Caribbean Ortoiroid people Guanahatabey...
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    Liolaemus chavin is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is native to Peru. Venegas, P.; Aguilar, C. (2016). "Liolaemus chavin". IUCN Red...
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    Artifacts were found at a site called Chavín de Huántar in modern Peru at an elevation of 3,177 meters (10,423 ft). The Chavín civilization spanned from 900 to...
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    bravery. Operation Chavín de Huántar operatives "PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA ENCABEZÓ LA CEREMONIA POR XX ANIVERSARIO DE LA OPERACIÓN CHAVÍN DE HUÁNTAR". Flickr...
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    Peruvian commandos, assembled into a secret ad hoc unit given the name Chavín de Huantar (in reference to a Peruvian archaeological site famous for its...
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    techniques at least in part to the influences of the Chavín culture that preceded them. Like the artists of Chavín, they mostly used alloys that contained some...
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  • "Evaristo". He was killed by Peruvian government forces during Operation Chavín de Huántar in 1997. Cerpa was born in the Lima working class district of...
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    in particular, laid down the groundwork for the rise of the Chavín culture. The Chavín culture dominated the central Andes during the First Horizon,...
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    numerous links with the Chavín culture that emerged at most of these sites subsequently. Three cultural phases which preceded the Chavín culture were identified...
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    Andes, the first urban centers developed in the Norte Chico civilization, Chavin and Moche cultures, followed by major cities in the Huari, Chimu, and Inca...
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    Cañaris Capulí/Nariño Caral–Supe Casma–Sechin Chachapoya Chancay Chango Chavín Chimú Chinchorro Chiripa Chorrera Cupisnique Diaguita Gran Chaco Huetar...
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    then followed by Chavín by 900 BC, according to some estimates and archaeological finds. Artifacts were found at a site called Chavín de Huantar in modern...
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