An ancient Peruvian pre Columbian Chavin black pottery vessel featuring a relief image of a man with a blade weapon in his arms. The Chavin culture is an extinct civilization developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru around 1000 BCE. It is the main culture of the Early Horizon period in highland Peru, characterized by the intensification of the religious cult, the appearance of ceramics closely related to the ceremonial centers, the improvement of agricultural techniques and the development of metallurgy and textiles. Ancient Peruvian Pottery And Folk Art Collectibles.