by Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an old South American temple, of which they say that he withdrawn the curtain for the way of working his enigmatic vivale.
Known as Tiwanaku, society lived in modern Bolivia near the southern banks of Titicaca-See’s highest navigable lake world-before its mysterious disappearance more than 1,000 years ago.
According to the University of California in the Berkeley archaeologist Dr. Nicola Sharratt had started in the region about 10,000 years ago. Up to 20,000 people lived in the area. The Tiwanaku, the qualified stone worker, was generally considered the forerunner of the Inca Reich and one of the earliest examples of civilization in the Andes.
“Her company collapsed at some point around AD 1,000 and was a ruin when the Incas conquered the Andes in the 15th century,” said José Capriles, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University. “At its peak, it had a highly organized social structure and left the remains of architectural monuments such as pyramids, temples and monoliths, most of which are distributed in places around the Titicaca of the lake, while we know that the control of Tiwanaku and the influence is much further debating how much actual control over distance materials that had.”
Capriles was the main author of the International Study, in which the results of the results published in the magazine were described Antiquity.
The temple is called “Palaspata”, which was the local name for the area. Palaspata is located on a hill, about 130 miles south of the established historical location of the Tiwanaku. The area was previously known to the indigenous farmers, but was never examined in detail by researchers.
After noticed a strange property with four sides, they turned to the technology to learn more. They grabbed and compiled satellite images on the website and also took photos with cameras on board unmanned aircraft flights. Then they used the photos to create a three -dimensional approach to the Palaspata and its surrounding landscape. The size of a city block contains the complex 15 square housing, which are arranged around a rectangular inner courtyard.
According to the authors, his composition suggested that it was used to carry out rituals after the solar equinox: a two-year moment when the sun is positioned directly above the equator. However, it was probably not only used for religious purposes.
A lot about the Tiwanaku civilization remains unknown, but according to the Capriles, Palaspata would have been at an advantageous trading point. Many people exchanged and built monuments in the mountains. This temple connected three main trading routes, including the Highlands, a high -quality plateau and the Andent valleys from Cochabamba.
“Most economic and political transactions had to be conveyed through divinity, since this would be a common language that would make different people easier that work together,” he said.
The scientists found fragments of “Keru” coffers on the surface of the ruins of Palaspata, which were used to drink a traditional corn beer called “Chicha” during agricultural festivals and celebrations. The corn was cultivated in the Cochabamba valleys.
The researchers had worked together with the Bolivian Ministry of Cultures, Escolonization and Depatriarchalization to export samples of the ruins that were dated at the Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment Radiokarbon -Dating.
The city is now working with state and national authorities to properly protect and preserve the location.
“With more insights into the past of this old site, we get a window in cooperation with people and how we can essentially see evidence of political and economic control,” said Capriles. “There is still so much to discover that we don’t know about anything, and that could hide in sight. It only requires that you open your eyes to see what is out there.”
