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The bird of Chavín: a parrot?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
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A key to the understanding of ancient iconography is knowing just what the pictures are pictures of. That is not always an easy question: in this case, a classic collection of Peruvian depictions, it is at least clear the pictures are of birds. But what kind of bird, and why?
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