Chavín: How Do We Understand Thee? An Inquiry into the Jaguar and the San Pedro Cactus
Revista de estudios hispánicos 2021 Sara Castro‐klarén 1 citation
This essay surveys the archeological understanding of Chavín de Huántar (900 BC-AD 0) conducting an inquiry into the means of intelligibility offered by archeology and finding that without the deployment of Inca civilization categories of huaca, ayllu, tinku, and others, Chavín would remain shrouded in darkness. Here, I delve into the problematic question of the consumption of the mescaline...