Tiahuanaco

American  

[tee-uh-wuh-nah-koh] / ˌti ə wəˈnɑ koʊ /

Also Tiahuanacu

adjective

1. of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.

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Other Word Forms

• Tiahuanacan
  noun

Example Sentences

They were followed by the Huari and Tiahuanaco cultures of southern Peru and Bolivia.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Headbands and other trinkets of gold; primitive pottery and "magnificent" textile remains, approximated the lost Tiahuanaco culture of the Bolivian highlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few miles from Lake Titicaca, at Tiahuanaco, are ruins which were very imposing when first seen by the Spaniards in the time of Pizarro.

From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)

Then, in a sudden burst of inspiration, I described the Cordilleras to her—that world-long, stupendous chain; its sea of Titicaca, and wintry, desolate Paramo, where lie the ruins of Tiahuanaco, older than Thebes.

From Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

It is, indeed, a cursive representation of a human head and moreover resembles those figured on the garment of a gigantic red sandstone statue found at Ak-Kapana and figured in Stübel and Uhle's Tiahuanaco.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia