Tiahuanaco (also spelled Tiwanaku)

The Tiahuanaco (also spelled Tiwanaku) Empire, based at Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru, was dominant in central South America during the 6th through 9th centuries AD.

Tiahuanaco Empire - Tiwanaku Empire
The Tiahuanaco Empire (also spelled Tiwanaku ) controlled portions of what is now Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia in South America for four hundred years (AD 550-950). The capital city, also called Tiahuanaco, was located on the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, on the border between Bolivia and Peru.

Aymara Culture
The Aymara are a modern cultural group of the Andes in Peru, and the descendants of the Tiwanaku Empire

Andean Diaspora: The Tiwanaku Colonies and the Origins of Empire
Andean Diaspora is an intriguing look at an unusual form of an advanced state with a definable core and periphery: the Tiwanaku empire.

Chiripa (Bolivia)
The archaeological site of Chiripa is located in the Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia, associated with the Tiwanaku culture.

Juch'uypampa Cave (Bolivia)
The Juch'uypampa cave is a Middle Horizon Tiwanaku burial site (AD 500-1100), located in the Pulacayo region of Bolivia.

Recreating Raised Field Agriculture in Bolivia and Peru
Researchers conducted experiments in recreating the raised field agriculture of the Tiwanaku civilization in the 1980s.

The Geoglyphic Art of Chile's Atacama Desert
The Chilean glyphs in the Atacama Desert, which were built by the Tiahuanaco and Inca civilizations, are numerous and varied in style, cover a large region, and were built between 600 and 1500 AD.

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