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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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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 John D. (John Denison) Baldwin

Tiahuanaco, place of first appearance of Incas, 133; monolithic doorway, 165; swastika sacred symbol, 166; ruins of, 167-169, 209.

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

Tiahuanaco may, at some distant period, have enjoyed the privilege of being a seaport.

From The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries by Stephen Salisbury

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