CHAVIN DE HUANTAR Since 1000 b.C. in the Peruvian territory started to grow up the presence of societies which developed complex ways of organization, also built smashing ceremonial and administrative centers, the accomplished an advanced manage of resources through the agriculture, animal breeding and its members turned into experts and goldsmiths. Many of these societies had only a regional develop, while other achieve larger spread. THE CHAVIN CULTURE Between 1200 b.C. and 400 a.C. it was developed the center from where the Chavin culture spread out through the Andes. Chavin de Huantar is located in Conchucos passageway, in the highlands of Ancash region, where Pukcha and Wacheqsa rivers join together at 10,433 feet over the sea level between the white and the black mountain range. With an strategic location, it was a connection point between the coast, the mountains and the jungle. ENVIRONMENT The are where Chavin was located has warm weather with a rainy season more larger than the dry one. The natural resources of the region are numerous. However, the geography conditions forced the people to transform the ground to develop the agriculture. In the area it is possible to find a great diversity of flora and fauna, same as ancient chavin's known in their time. Proof of these are the iconographies and the rewards found in the sacrifices like llamas, alpacas, guinea pigs, deers, ducks, chilies, pumpkins, potatoes, etc. TERRITORIAL INFLUENCE The cultural influence of Chavin and its cult expanded through the north until Cajamarca and Lambayeque and by the south up to Ayacucho and Ica, some researchers point that maybe they even reached the jungle. This is evident because the traces found in these areas. THEOCRATIC ORGANIZATION In Chavin, the priests, devoted to the study of the natural conditions and the religious administration, accomplished to concentrate the power, this is why the established a theocratic system. In the firt place they used it to canalize the energies of the people in the construction of temples without making this a social difference. As the time past, these differences turned more marked considering the role of each people in the social group. The priests owner's of the knowledge of the weather, stars, nature cycles, occupied a privilege position. The Ceremonial Center. The writers suggest that Chavin de Huantar did not have many permanent habitants but it was a ceremonial center very frequent by pilgrim from many areas searching oracles. RELIGION The Gods of Chavin are ferocious figures with human shapes and animal characteristics. The religion allowed the Chavins to extend their culture along the coast and the jungle. The integration of the territories was able because the exchange of the goods, ideas and experiences, which also allowed the tolerance of other local divinities. ART The artisans of Chavin expressed themselves through the rock sculpture, pottery, and metallurgy. In all these manifestations we can find that they used conventional elements such as the symmetric representation of images, animal motives, circles, and other geometric traces. In the same manner it is common to find hybrids supernatural beings as a result of mixes of animals and humans with feline characteristics mainly.