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Word: tiahuanaco (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Burial caverns, scooped into solid rock like the interior of flat-bottomed water-bottles with yard wide necks, contained groups of mummies sitting in circles, the chiefs holding carved wooden staffs. Headbands and other trinkets of gold; primitive pottery and "magnificent" textile remains, approximated the lost Tiahuanaco culture of the Bolivian highlands. The Paracas city was named Cerro Colorado. Not many miles away is the ancient Cabeza Larga, a city preceding the Nascan culture, which preceded the establishment of the Inca empire (circa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Diggers | 4/26/1926 | See Source »

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