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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

He was the chief god of the Aymaras, who, according to them, had created the earth; and who, issuing from Lake Titicaca, to manifest himself on earth, had assembled the earliest men at Tiahuanaco.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

According to Dr. Max Uhle the civilization established at Tiahuanaco antedates that of the Incas.

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

Tiahuanaco is pre-Inca, yet even here the images are clothed.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

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