It was common for ancient cultures to communally take hallucinogens, but this society did things much differently. An international team of archaeologists has revealed the role hallucinogenic drugs ...

Context, construction and ritual in the development of authority at Chavín de Huántar / John W. Rick -- The architecture at the monumental center of Chavín de Huántar : sequence, transformations and ...

Towards a re-evaluation of Chavín / Luís Guillermo Lumbreras -- Chavín : an interpretation of its spread and influence / Thomas C. Patterson -- Development of the Formative culture in the Ceja de ...

The transition from the fifth to the fourth century BCE (Before the Common Era) seems to have been a critical period for the Central Andes, a region now part of Peru. Researchers have found evidence ...