• Foto Number: PER-246

Detail from the temple complex of Cerro Sechín in the Casmatal on the Peruvian Pacific coast. The complex of around ninety monolithic slabs, some of which are enormous, is attributed to the coastal Chavín style, although the reliefs have little in common with other ancient Peruvian stonework and show more similarities with the Mexican Monte Albán culture. The figures in profile all look towards the main entrance of the temple. - 1976

• Keywords:
  South America Peru Sechín Pre-Inca culture-Sechín culture-Chavín stone engraving precolombian Archaeology Prehistoric