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WARI INFLUENCE ON THE INCA
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Many of the practices of the Wari were later adopted by the Inca. Among these practices were the use of ayllu (agricultural terraces) and mit'a labor (non-reciprocal labor tribute for the state). The Wari were the first to use the quipu (knotted cord... |
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WARI CULTURE
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The Wari (Spanish: Huari) were a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru, from about CE 500 to 1000. (The Wari culture is not to be confused with the modern ethnic group and language ... |
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ARCHAEOLOGY IN TIAWANAKU
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Much of the architecture of the site is in a poor state of preservation, having been subjected to looting and amateur excavations attempting to locate valuables since shortly after Tiwanaku's fall. This destruction continued during the Spanish conque... |
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RELIGION IN TIWANAKU
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As these people had no written language,[citation needed] what is known of their religious beliefs are based on archaeological interpretation and some myths, which may have been passed down to the Incas and the Spanish. They seem to have worshipped m... |
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ARCHITECTURE AND ART IN TIWANAKU
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Tiwanaku monumental architecture is characterized by large stones of exceptional workmanship. In contrast to the masonry style of the later Inca, Tiwanaku stone architecture usually employs rectangular ashlar blocks laid in regular courses, and monum... |
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RISE AND FALL OF TIWANAKU
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The city and its inhabitants left no written history, and modern local people know little about the city and its activities. An archaeologically based theory asserts that around AD 400, Tiwanaku went from being a locally dominant force to a predatory... |
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CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE
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vThe area around Tiwanaku may have been inhabited as early as 1500 BC as a small agriculturally based village. Most research, though, is based around the Tiwanaku IV and V periods between AD 300 and AD 1000, during which Tiwanaku grew significantly i... |
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TIWANAKU
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Tiwanaku (Spanish: Tiahuanaco and Tiahuanacu) is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as th... |
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21ST CENTURY DISCOVERIES
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In 2005, a mummified Moche woman was discovered at the Huaca Cao Viejo, part of the El Brujo archeological site on the outskirts of present-day Trujillo, Peru. It is the best preserved Moche mummy found to date and the elaborate tomb that housed her ... |
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LINKS WITH OTHER CULTURES
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Chronologically, the Moche was an Early Intermediate Period culture, which was preceded by the Chavín horizon and succeeded by the Huari and Chimú. The Moche co-existed with the Ica-Nazca culture in the south. They are thought to have had some limite... |
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