Around AD 400, Tiwanaku went from being a locally dominant force to a predatory state. |
Major ruins include Tiwanaku, El Fuerte de Samaipata, Inkallaqta and Iskanawaya. |
Moments of grace come easier if you're acullicando, as the descendants of the Tiwanaku empire of Bolivia and Peru call chewing coca. |
Archaeologists note a dramatic adoption of Tiwanaku ceramics into the cultures which became part of the Tiwanaku empire. |
The capital city of Tiwanaku dates from as early as 1500 BC when it was a small, agriculturally based village. |
Tiwanaku expanded its reaches into the Yungas and brought its culture and way of life to many other cultures in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. |