Topic summary
Tiahuanaco
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tiwanaku.
Tiwanaku (Spanish: Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) is a Pre-Columbianarchaeological 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 cover around 4 square kilometers and include decorated ceramics, monumental structures, and megalithic blocks. It has been conservatively estimated that the site was inhabited by 10,000 to 20,000 people in AD 800.