OLMECS ESTABLISHED CHAVIN AROUND 1,500 BCE; VIRACOCHA DESTROYED THEM AROUND 15OO BCE The nation of Chavin appeared suddenly, around 15000 BCE or earlier.” The main city, Chavin De Huantar–probably a ceremonial center– sits “at an elevation of 10,000 feet in the Cordillera Blanca range of the northwestern Andes of northern Peru between the coast and …
