Tiwanaku archaeological site

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ancient city archaeological site pre-Columbian ceremonial center

The Tiwanaku archaeological site is a major pre-Columbian ceremonial and urban center in the Bolivian Andes, renowned for its monumental stone architecture and as the political and religious heart of the Tiwanaku civilization.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tiwanaku	5
Tiwanaku archaeological site canonical	3
Tiwanaku urban center	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ pre-Columbian ceremonial center ⓘ
abandonedBy	c. 1100 CE ⓘ
approximateEarliestOccupationDate	c. 1500 BCE–500 CE (with increasing complexity later) ⓘ
approximateFlourishingDates	c. 500–1000 CE ⓘ
associatedWith	raised field agriculture (suka kollus) ⓘ ritual pilgrimage ⓘ state-level Andean polity ⓘ
culture	Tiwanaku culture ⓘ surface form: Tiwanaku civilization
currentUse	archaeological research site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans	Spanish chroniclers in the 16th century ⓘ
distanceFromLaPaz	approximately 70 kilometers west of La Paz ⓘ
earliestOccupation	late Formative period ⓘ
elevation	approximately 3850 meters above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy	Arthur Posnansky ⓘ Carlos Ponce Sanginés ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Middle Horizon ⓘ surface form: Middle Horizon period
hasPart	Akapana pyramid ⓘ Kalasasaya temple ⓘ Kantatallita structure ⓘ Pumapunku complex ⓘ Putuni complex ⓘ Semi-Subterranean Temple ⓘ ceremonial plazas ⓘ monolithic gateways ⓘ platform mounds ⓘ residential sectors ⓘ stone monoliths ⓘ sunken courts ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
influenced	later Andean cultures ⓘ
locatedIn	Andes ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Bolivia ⓘ
locatedInDepartment	La Paz Department ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality	Tiwanaku Municipality ⓘ
locatedInProvince	Ingavi Province ⓘ
locatedNear	southern shore of Lake Titicaca ⓘ
managedBy	Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization of Bolivia ⓘ surface form: Bolivian Ministry of Cultures
notableFor	finely cut and fitted stone blocks ⓘ iconography of the Staff God ⓘ large-scale earthen and stone platforms ⓘ monumental stone architecture ⓘ
partOf	Tiwanaku culture ⓘ
servedAs	political center of the Tiwanaku civilization ⓘ religious center of the Tiwanaku civilization ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	2000 ⓘ