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Tiwanaku

Type Object Region South America Time c. -300–1100

Tiwanaku was a major prehistoric urban center south of Lake Titicaca on the Andean plateau, known for precise stone carving, the Gateway of the Sun, …

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  1. c. 500–900Tiwanaku · La Paz DepartmentThe city expanded the Akapana pyramid, Kalasasaya, and the Semi-Subterranean Temple, and developed the raised-field (waru waru) agricultural system to support a large population, with trade networks reaching as far as the Pacific coast.
  2. c. 1001–1010Tiwanaku · La Paz DepartmentAround the early 10th century, worsening drought and falling lake levels led to the dispersal of the city's population; large-scale construction projects ceased and the city's function as a political center declined, though religious rituals may have continued locally.
  3. c. 1050–1532Tiwanaku · La Paz DepartmentAfter the urban core was largely abandoned, the Inca Empire revered Tiwanaku as a sacred site of civilizational origins; successive Sapa Incas made pilgrimages there and added new buildings.

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