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<< Text Pages >> El Fuerte de Samaipata - Pyramid / Mastaba in Bolivia

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Multi-periodSite Name: El Fuerte de Samaipata Alternative Name: Fort Samaipata,
Country: Bolivia
NOTE: This site is 253.495 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Santa Cruz  Nearest Village: Samaipata
Latitude: 18.179S  Longitude: 63.8195W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Pyramid / Mastaba in Santa Cruz Department.
Built by the Chané people starting in around 300AD, the original site appears to be ceremonial or religious in nature, with parallel lines carved into an exposed bedrock. These may have an astronomical association.

Later an Incan town was built on the same site in the 1400's, with a later Spanish town site also occupying the site.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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