Secret_History

474 The Secret History of the World
only thing we know about Tiahuanaco in a more direct way, is from the myths and
legends of the Inca.
Chavín is claimed to be the Mother Civilization of the Andes. The term Chavín
has been applied to a developmental stage of Andean history, to an archaeological
period, to an art style and to a hypothetical empire. Chavín has been interpreted as
a culture, a civilization and a religion. The Chavín culture was one of agriculture
and fishing and seafaring. It’s earliest manifestation is in the Ica area, and we have
already noted the Ica stone artifacts which suggest far greater antiquity for this
culture than mainstream science even considers.
The Moche culture developed in the same area which had previously belonged
to the Chavín culture, so we may assume that it was formed of survivors. Expert
opinions suggest that one can easily see the influence of the oldest civilisation of
Peru, the Chavín, on the Moche. Chavín was a well-developed class society, which
was divided into nobility, farmers and slaves. The Moche people were developed
in agriculture, fishing, handicraft, trade, sea-faring and metallurgy. The
anthropomorphic pottery of the Mochicans is thought to express the mythological
and social themes which were the peak of this art genre in the whole civilisation of
Peru.
This raises an interesting issue because the human-shaped pottery shows that the
typology of the Mochicans includes Mongoloid as well as Negroid features.
The earliest “god” image, the one carved on the Gate of the Sun, is a godlike
creature holding staves or sticks in both of its hands. It is thought that the deity