Tiwanaku
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Tiwanaku is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, about 70 kilometers from La Paz, and it is one of the largest sites in South America. Surface remains currently
The "Gate of the Sun"
Fraile Monolith, holding a snuff tray and a Qiru; the belt shows sprouting plants that are often mistaken for crabs
"Gateway of the Sun", Tiwanaku, drawn by Ephraim Squier in 1877. The vertical scale is exaggerated in this drawing.
Gate of the Moon.
Pumapunku
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Pumapunku or Puma Punku is a 6th-century T-shaped and strategically aligned man-made terraced platform mound with a sunken court and monumental structure on top, near Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia. It is
An example of high-precision small holes
Unfinished (upside down) block of andesite with blind holes. On finished blocks, each blind hole houses a tiny T-shaped cramp socket, proving that the blocks should be mated with others.
Demonstration of the building block technique
Ornamental stone with I-cramp sockets which suggests that more stones were added to this block