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Multi-periodSite Name: Pokotia MonolithCountry: Bolivia Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Pukara Nearest Village: Chiripa
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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The Pokotia Monolith is a stone statue excavated the pre-Incan site of Pokotia, which is around 10 km south of Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku).
It is claimed that this monolith proves that the ancient South Americans had syllabic writing. Zecharia Sitchin, in The Lost Realms (see below for link) provides more discussion of the evidence of writing in ancient Peru and Bolivia (pp. 148-152).
In December 2001 inscriptions and patterns on the front and back of the statue were photographed by a team led by the Bolivian archaelogist Bernardo Biados.
Originally it was believed that there was an inscription written only on the front legs of the monolith, further research indicated that there was also an inscription on the back of the statue and directly below the left hand of the figure.
Photos of the statue show a worn male figure standing upright with his arms at his sides. It appears to be partly clothed, with a loincloth-like garment, armbands and possibly a circlet or headdress. The face is almost entirely eroded away. There are rib-like lines on the chest. The statue is broken at the feet and at the neck. The symbols are found on the front of the legs, below the hands and on the right and left thighs. More are found back of the statue.
This site gives a good over all view of the statue, and a controversial interpretation of the symbols found thereon and links to more information.
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