Early Development of Tiwanaku

Name: Early Development of Tiwanaku
Start: -500
End: 300

Type Event Region South America Time c. -500–300

Around 500 BCE, early settled farming communities began forming in the Tiwanaku region of the Bolivian Altiplano, using raised-field (waru waru) tech…

Timeline

c. -500–-200Tiwanaku · La Paz DepartmentResidents developed raised-field agriculture in the Tiwanaku basin at about 3,900 meters elevation, growing crops such as potatoes and quinoa, and formed permanent settled villages.
c. -200–300Tiwanaku site · La Paz DepartmentEarly ceremonial architecture and stone carvings began to appear, and community religious activities became increasingly institutionalized, laying the foundation for later monumental structures such as the Akapana Pyramid.

Sources

Tiwanaku https://www.britannica.com/place/Tiwanaku
Tiwanaku and Its Hinterland: Archaeology and Paleoecology of an Andean Civilization, Vol. 1 — Kolata, A. L. (1993)