Heritage, Museums, and Place Making at Chavín de Huántar

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Current Dynamics of Heritage Values in the Americas" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Formative site of Chavín de Huántar in Peru is widely regarded as an important early pilgrimage center. This reputation was passed on to Spanish chroniclers by early colonial inhabitants of the site. Yet, in many ways the site has occupied a more important space in the national historical narrative than it has in local history and identity. In this paper I explore the contrasting senses of the heritage of Chavín de Huántar in Lima and in the region surrounding the site. This will involve discussions of recent political history, counter-operations against guerilla forces, the battles over where to store important artifacts, and the recent construction of a large museum in the town of Chavín de Huántar.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Current Dynamics of Heritage Values in the Americas   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 33556