🔍 The lecture is a continuation of a previous one, covering additional important material.
🗺️ The map of Chavin dewantar shows the underground systems and the relationship between the canals and galleries.
🏛️ Galleries in Chavin were underground structures that incorporated old walls and allowed access to past architecture.
🔴 The Esplanade gallery is discussed, highlighting details of the previous structures within it.
⬆️⬇️ Stone-lined cysts within the gallery suggest peering into previous surfaces and time periods.
🏛️ The lecture focuses on the excavations and conservation efforts in the Esplanade area, outside the core ceremonial basins.
🌍 The architecture found in the Esplanade area is different from the central core areas, indicating a different functional organization and possibly multiple cults.
🔍 The well-preserved architecture in the Esplanade area provides insights into the highly strategized and coordinated nature of the Chavín civilization.
🔍 Exceptional preservation circumstance led to the discovery of significant artifacts and structures.
🏛️ The excavation area revealed a complex arrangement of stone-lined pits with no evidence of wooden structures, suggesting a different purpose.
📜 The presence of earlier surfaces and the deliberate marking of structures hint at a pattern of backward vision and a significant pattern of activity.
🌊 New water canals and structures are being built and rebuilt, with walls and passageways showing up.
🏛️ The site has experienced a pattern of growth and reuse over a 300-year period, with major features expanding and evolving.
🗺️ Galleries have been evolving and expanding over time, with evidence of intricate architecture and intentional incorporation of earlier surfaces.
🔑 The video discusses the excavation of a gallery and its surrounding structures, dating back to 800 DC.
🏛️ The structures in the gallery area evolved over time, becoming increasingly complex and restricted in size.
⏰ The construction activities within the site spanned approximately 300 years, with continuous construction and reconstruction.
🔑 The concept of ancestral architecture is explored, suggesting an evolution of architectural practices across different regions.
🕰️ The idea of memory in relation to the past is challenged, with the concept of maintaining the past alive in the present being emphasized.
🏛️ Chavine is described as a secretive organization, with evidence suggesting that ritual activities were conducted in small spaces, potentially limiting the understanding of outsiders.
🔄 Chavine's ritualism is believed to have evolved intentionally to avoid duplication and imitation by other societies within the larger interaction sphere.
📚 The development of authority in society can be understood through different roots: self-interest and disinterest, or altruism.
💡 Leaders who primarily serve the system believe in what they're doing and may use artifice or duplicity to achieve their goals.
🗡️ Chevyne had weaponry present, but it lacked major tombs or evidence of massive personal wealth accumulation.
🌍 Chevyne was a highly programmed and structured society, with authority invested in those who ran the system.
🔍 Chavine society found itself at a crossroads, privileged by new possibilities but constrained by a tradition-bound system.