This book is the first in more than a decade to provide new information on the Chavin phenomenon of ancient Peru. Thought by some to be the "Mother Culture" of

This is the first detailed up-to-date account in English of Chavin and its precursors. Based on the author's intimate knowledge of unprecedented discoveries mad

Oxbow says: December 2005 marked the re-opening of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris, and from April to July 2006 it hosted an exhibit

Curated by Peter Fux, with the scientific advice of Luis Guillermo Lumbreras and John W. Rick. A reprint in Spanish of the original title Chavín. Peruœs Enigm