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Multi-periodSite Name: Tiwanaku Alternative Name: Tiahuanaco, Tiahuanacu, KalasasayaCountry: Bolivia Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: La Paz
Latitude: 16.55479S Longitude: 68.673407W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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ModernExplorers visited on 11th Apr 2006 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A beautiful site and very old. I love the elongated skulls and the famous doorway
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Jul 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Dutch visited on 16th Mar 1997 - their rating: Cond: 2 Impressive site. Also very touristy. A lot has disappeared, that much came clear.
Got sent away watching some stone carvings at the nearby Pumapunka, because the site was under surveillance said the guard. I was allowed to make some drawings of the carvings, but the guards wouldn't allow photographs to be taken there. While I was drawing, one of the guards dug up a few tiny artifacts with his hands and a pocket knife. Little puppets of some sort, he said that it was because of research that the Pumapunka site was closed.
Noticed tiny toads migrating towards Tihuanacu when I walked from there.
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5
sirius_b visited on 1st Jan 1982 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Ogham DrewParsons davidmorgan keniaar have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.25
The Tiwanaku dominated the more southern areas on the Andes at the same time that the Wari (another "mini-Empire") controlled areas to the north. Both empires dissolved or dramatically changed around 1000CE.
The ceremonial site near the modern village of Tiwanacu is an extensive reconstruction from the 1960s. It includes features that are entirely modern (extensive walls) and may not replicate the original site, which current archaeology believe had stone groupings and not continuous walls. The impressive "Gateway of the Sun" was reconstructed on this site, but was actually built in a different location.
A UNESCO World Heritage site.
Note: Ceramic vessels decorated with images of fish and birds have been discovered at the Kalasasaya temple at Tiwanaku, a spiritual and political centre of the eponymous Tiwanaku culture located near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, More details in the comments on our page.
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