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North side of the archaeological monument at Cerro Baul, Peru, a Wari site in interaction with Tiwanaku (600-1000 AD). Excavated 1997-2007 under the direction of P R Williams. | |||
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Cerro Baul, Moquegua Peru contains 5 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: La Cantera Temple - Sector I: This tripartite structure is a Tiwanaku ritual space dated to the early tenth c. AD. Excavated by Owen in 1997 and by the Cerro Baul Project in 2001, it was one of four similar structures around the slopes of Cerro Baul.
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The archaeological site at El Paso includes components of Wari (600-1000 AD) hydrological engineering, ritual platforms, and a Tiwanaku shrine. It is currently under investigation as part of the Cerro Mejia Project directed by Donna Nash. | |||
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Cerro Mejia - El Paso Sector contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Remnants of an aqueduct: This aqueduct was probably abandoned around 900 AD with the construction of the Tiwanaku templete just to the south of this spot. It originally brought water from the Wari canal to circumnavigate the knoll with the platform just uphill.
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The Late Tiwanaku archaeological site of Tumilaca la Chimba (950-1050 AD), reoccupied by the Estuquina (Cochuna) group (1250-1450 AD). The domestic sectors of the site were excavated by Pari and later Bawden in the 1980s and by the Cerro Baul Project in 2006-7, under the direction of P R Williams and Nicola Sharratt. |
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The central core of the early Andean state (600-1100 AD) in the altiplano is seen from the summit of the Akapana, the tallest monument on the site. | |||
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Tiwanaku from the Akapana contains 2 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Gateway of the Sun: The iconic sun gate in the Kalasasaya at Tiwanaku.
To explore in detail see:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=28209
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The Wari (600-1000 AD) archaeological site of Cerro Baul, Moquegua, Peru as seen from the east. | |||
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Cerro Baul, East side contains 2 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: La Muralla: Large wall crossing the access path, east of which archaeologists excavated Late Tiwanaku (Tumilaca) domestic habitation.
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Temple complex dedicated to the veneration of the volcanic peak Arundane on the Horizon. Archaeologists from The Field Museum recovered fragments of six Tiwanaku ritual incense burners around a ceremonial platform in the complex. The find identifies the temple as a Tiwanaku ritual center in the Wari city, ca. 800-1000 AD. |
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Profile of the Ponce Monolith at Tiwanaku | |||
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Ponce Monolith Profile contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Front facing deity: A principal icon in Tiwanaku art and architecture
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