Archaeological culture · c. 100–1050 CE (early phase to c. 500 CE)
Tiwanaku (early)
A society centred on the city of Tiwanaku near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. From modest beginnings it grew in power across the Titicaca basin in 200–500 CE and peaked around 500–600 CE and later, building stone platforms and courts and spreading its religious art.
It later influenced lands far to the south and west.
See Tiwanaku (early) on the map in 100
- On the map
- 100–500
How we know
No writing existed; its founding date is debated, with careful radiocarbon work pointing to about 110 CE rather than older claims.
Sites
- Tiwanaku (early city) founded c. 100 CE (dates debated); peak c. 500–1000; abandoned c. 1050 CE