Tiwanaku polity

The Tiwanaku polity was a Pre-Columbian polity in western Bolivia based in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin. Tiwanaku was one of the most significant Andean civilizations. Its influence extended into present-day Peru and Chile and lasted from around 600 to 1000. Its capital was the monumental city of Tiwanaku, located at the center of the polity's core area in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin. This area has clear evidence for large-scale agricultural production on raised fields that probably supported the urban population of the capital. Researchers debate whether these fields were administered by a bureaucratic state (top-down) or through a federation of communities with local autonomy. Tiwanaku was once thought to be an expansive military empire, based mostly on comparisons to the later Inca Empire. However, recent research suggests that labelling Tiwanaku as an empire or even a state may be misleading. Tiwanaku is missing a number of features traditionally used to define archaic states and empires: there is no defensive architecture at any Tiwanaku site or changes in weapon technology, there are no princely burials or other evidence of a ruling dynasty or a formal social hierarchy, no evidence of state-maintained roads or outposts, and no markets.

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Ciudades tiahuanacotas

Tiwanaco restos arqueológicos

Gate of the Sun

Cultura Tiwanaku

Altusa, en El Alto, Bolivia

Fachada con estética tiwanacota, en El Alto, Bolivia

Letrero (cafetería) con estética tiwanacota - andina, en El Alto, Bolivia

Radio Méndez 660 Am, en El Alto, Bolivia

Mapa de la Cultura Pukara y Tiwanaku

SZ 深圳 Shenzhen 南頭街 Nantou Street 深圳南山博物館 Nanshan Museum 展覽 exhibition 印加帝國 Inca Emperors 太陽的子民 The Inca and Their Tawantinsuyu The Land of Four Quarters May 2024 R12S 321

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Ciudades tiahuanacotas		Commons
commons	image		Tiwanaco restos arqueológicos		Commons
commons	image		Gate of the Sun		Commons
commons	image		Cultura Tiwanaku		Commons
commons	image		Altusa, en El Alto, Bolivia		Commons
commons	image		Fachada con estética tiwanacota, en El Alto, Bolivia		Commons
commons	image		Letrero (cafetería) con estética tiwanacota - andina, en El Alto, Bolivia		Commons
commons	image		Radio Méndez 660 Am, en El Alto, Bolivia		Commons
commons	image		Mapa de la Cultura Pukara y Tiwanaku		Commons
commons	image		SZ 深圳 Shenzhen 南頭街 Nantou Street 深圳南山博物館 Nanshan Museum 展覽 exhibition 印加帝國 Inca Emperors 太陽的子民 The Inca and Their Tawantinsuyu The Land of Four Quarters May 2024 R12S 321		Commons