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Additional Stone Carving from the North Highlands of Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Donald E. Thompson*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Abstract

Two carved stones depicting human heads are currently to be found at Huaylas in the Callejon de Huaylas, Peru. They represent a style so far unreported from the Callejon. The closest stylistic similarities are to be found in the Chavin style and in the unique monoliths at Cerro Sechin Temple in the Casma Valley.

Type
Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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