Monthly Archives: May 2019

It’s Thursday morning and we’re about to set off on a three-and-a-half-hour bus ride from the Hotel Rosario La Paz to the Hotel Rosario Lago Titicaca. Yes, the two hotels have the same owners and, for me, this turned out …

And finally, Puma Punku As we conclude our visit to Tiwanaku, we come to yet another mystery – Puma Punku – or the Door of the Puma. Located about a kilometer from the main site, Puma Punku is distinguished by …

The Akapana Pyramid Leaving the museum and entering the site proper, we came first to the Akapana Pyramid. In some ways, this man-made hill is at the center of one of the many mysteries surrounding Tiwanaku – from its actual …

Suka qullu, Chuño, Chullpas, and Trepanation Suka qullu The Tiwanaku developed a distinctive farming method called suka qullu. Also known as flooded raised field agriculture, it involved creating artificially raised planting mounds that were then separated by shallow water filled …

And concurrent with Tiwanaku there was Moche, Huari, and Nazca. Before all of them there was Chavín. And before Chavín was the Caral-Supe. And this is an abbreviated list as these are just a few of the cultures that populated …