Author Question: Chavn iconography commonly depicts a. Chavn deities and elites being worshipped by the common ... (Read 36 times)

CQXA · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

Chavn iconography commonly depicts

a. Chavn deities and elites being worshipped by the common people, often containing scenes of human sacrifice.
b. animals local to the Chavn region and those that the Chavn people depended upon for food, including wild deer, vicuna, llama, and guinea pigs.
c. stylized creatures native to forests of the eastern slope some several hundred miles away, and not occurring in the local highland environment.
d. agricultural scenes of crops the Chavn people relied upon, as well as their extensive irrigation systems.
e. People practicing crude agricultural and building techniques.

Question 2

Why is the Chavn culture of the central Andes considered the first Andean civilization?

a. Because of its stratified social and political organization and its monumental achievements in metallurgy, weaving, irrigation systems, and stone sculpture.
b. Because of its intensive agricultural subsistence strategy.
c. Because in spite of the fact that the Chavn people subsisted solely by hunting and gathering, they were still able to develop a sophisticated iconography that reflected a sophisticated cosmology.
d. Because unlike previous cultures in the region, archaeological evidence has shown that the Chavn culture produced art and music.
e. Because of the predominance of domesticated llama bones in the record.