Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline

Why it mattersKey Garagay (Chillón) → Chavín cup style with feline dragon facing temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.

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Built

c. 1400 BCE platform U-temple 90 m × 60 m; atrium 28 m × 12 m with relief 6 m marañon feline 2.5 m

Period

Initial Period (1400–400 BCE Garagay culture 1200 BCE major three-armed U-temple; Chavín 800 BCE feline repaint)

Culture

Garagay (Chillón) → Chavín cup style with feline dragon facing

Purpose

Initial Period atrium temple (90 m platform, Atrium 28 m × 12 m with feline relief 2.5 m high and warrior 3 m high) — Lima container with Chavín feline-mouth atrium 1200 BCE with Cupisnique repaint

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1889

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 200 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline

2. c. 1400 BCE platform U-temple 90 m × 60 m; atrium 28 m × 12 m with relief 6 m marañon feline 2.5 m

   Initial construction / first occupation at Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline

• Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — Principal Templetempletemple at Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — outlier feature12.0105° S · 77.0879° W
• Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — Altar Annex 2altaraltar at Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — subsidiary complex12.0109° S · 77.0885° W
• Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — Shrine Annex 3shrineshrine at Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — subsidiary complex12.0084° S · 77.0875° W