Chavín, al'adun iyaye na Peru

La Al'adar Chavín wakiltar al'adun iyaye na Peru. Ya dace da farkon lokacin hadewar al'adun Andes na Peru. Hakanan ana kiranta matakan asali na tarihin Peru, sabili da haka yana cikin Horizon Farko (ko Horizon farko) na al'adun Inca.

Mutanen Chavín sun sami gagarumar ƙwarewar dutse, kayan da suke amfani da shi don yin gini, zane-zane da sauƙaƙewa daga fannoni masu ban sha'awa da salon sifa.

A cikin Chavín de Huántar - babban birnin wannan al'adar - su ne manyan gine-ginen Chavín, a wani wuri da kogin Puccha da Mariash suke haɗuwa (raƙuman ruwan kogin Marañón). Ofaya daga cikin waɗannan gine-ginen shine gidan ibada ko kuma gidan Chavín, wanda aka gina da manyan duwatsu. Tubalan duwatsu suna kafa dandamali uku waɗanda aka hau ta matakan matakala. Cikinta ingantaccen labyrinth ne na farfaɗo.

A ɗayansu akwai jaguar da aka sassaka a dutse. Wannan mazaunin katanga sun dauki wannan dabba a matsayin tsafi. Hakanan an samo kyawawan ayyukan sassaka a cikin wannan haikalin, gami da sandeel mai girma, gumki mai ban mamaki.

Dake cikin gundumar Chavin, Lardin Huari, sashen na Ancash. Tana da nisan kilomita 462 arewa maso gabas na Lima, Peru. Wurin yana da hawa sama da mita 3.177 sama da matakin teku, tsakanin tsaunukan Andean na Cordillera Negra da Cordillera Blanca.

Chavín yana farkon farkon kunkuntar titi, wanda aka kafa ta Pukcha ko Mosna River, wanda aka ƙirƙira shi ta narkewar Cordillera Blanca kuma yana jagorantar ruwansa zuwa Kogin Marañón, inda aka haifi Amazon.

Saboda haka yana cikin ainihin zuciyar Andes, a 3180 ms. sama da matakin teku, ya zama wani ɓangare na abin da ake kira Callejón de Conchucos, wanda ke tafiya daga kudu zuwa arewa, daidai yake da Callejón de Huaylas, wanda aka kafa ta Santa Santa wanda shima ruwan Cordillera Blanca ke ciyar da shi, amma saboda hakan zuwa yamma magudanar ruwa zuwa cikin Tekun Pacific.