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48 relations: Adobe, Alexei Vranich, Alphons Stübel, Andesite, Anthropologist, Archaeoastronomy, Arkansas, Arthur Posnansky, Bolivia, Chambranle, Descriptive geometry, E. G. Squier, Frommer's, Gary Urton, Gate of the Sun, Genographic Project, Ground-penetrating radar, Harvard University, Jane E. Buikstra, Kalasasaya, Kimsa Chata (Ingavi), Las Ánimas complex, List of largest monoliths, List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas, Looting, Max Uhle, Mound, National Geographic Society, Pedro Cieza de León, Pre-Columbian era, Pumapunku, Puquina language, Quipu, Qullasuyu, Raised field, Recorded history, Shamanism, Staff God, Tiwanaku empire, Tiwanaku Municipality, UNESCO, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Wari culture, Wiley-Blackwell, World Heritage Committee, World Heritage site, World Wide Web.
Adobe
Adobe is a building material made from earth and other organic materials.
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Alexei Vranich
Alexei Vranich (born July 15, 1968) is an American archaeologist specializing in the pre-Columbian South America.
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Alphons Stübel
Moritz Alphons Stübel (26 July 1835 – 10 November 1904) was a German geologist and vulcanologist who was a native of Leipzig.
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Andesite
Andesite is an extrusive igneous, volcanic rock, of intermediate composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
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Anthropologist
An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology.
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Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultures".
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Arkansas
Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.
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Arthur Posnansky
Arthur Posnansky (1873–1946), often called "Arturo", was at various times in his life an engineer, explorer, ship’s navigator, director of a river navigation company, entrepreneur, La Paz city council member, and well known and well respected avocational archaeologist.
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Bolivia
Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
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Chambranle
In architecture and joinery, the chambranle is the border, frame, or ornament, made of stone or wood, that is a component of the three sides round chamber doors, large windows, and chimneys.
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Descriptive geometry
Descriptive geometry is the branch of geometry which allows the representation of three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, by using a specific set of procedures.
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E. G. Squier
Ephraim George Squier (June 17, 1821 – April 17, 1888), usually cited as E. G. Squier, was an American archaeologist and newspaper editor.
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Frommer's
Frommer's is a travel guidebook series created by Arthur Frommer.
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Gary Urton
Gary Urton is the Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies at Harvard University.
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Gate of the Sun
The Gate of the Sun is a megalithic solid stone arch or gateway constructed by the ancient Tiwanaku culture of Bolivia.
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Genographic Project
The Genographic Project, launched on April 13, 2005 by the National Geographic Society, is an ongoing genetic anthropological study that aims to map historical human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples.
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Ground-penetrating radar
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Jane E. Buikstra
Jane Ellen Buikstra (born 1945) is an American anthropologist and bioarchaeologist.
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Kalasasaya
The Kalasasaya (kala for stone; saya or sayasta for standing up) or Stopped Stones is a major archaeological structure that is part of Tiwanaku, an ancient archeological complex in the Andes of western Bolivia that is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Kimsa Chata (Ingavi)
Kimsa Chata, also spelled Kimsachata, (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain, "three mountains", Hispanicized spellings Quimsachata, Quimsa Chata) is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia.
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Las Ánimas complex
Las Ánimas complex is an archaeological culture of northern Chile considered to be the immediate precursor to the Diaguita culture.
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List of largest monoliths
This is a list of monoliths organized according to the size of the largest block of stone on the site.
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List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
The following are lists of World Heritage Sites in the Americas.
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Looting
Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting.
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Max Uhle
Friedrich Max Uhle (25 March 1856 – 11 May 1944) was a German archaeologist, whose work in Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia at the turn of the Twentieth Century had a significant impact on the practice of archaeology of South America.
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Mound
A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris.
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.
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Pedro Cieza de León
Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c. 1520 – Seville, Spain 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru.
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Pre-Columbian era
The Pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during the Early Modern period.
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Pumapunku
Pumapunku or Puma Punku (Aymara and Quechua puma cougar, puma, punku door, Hispanicized Puma Puncu) is part of a large temple complex or monument group that is part of the Tiwanaku Site near Tiwanaku, in western Bolivia.
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Puquina language
Puquina (or Pukina) is an extinct language once spoken by a native ethnic group in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) and in the north of Chile.
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Quipu
Quipu (also spelled khipu) or talking knots, were recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures, particularly in the region of Andean South America.
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Qullasuyu
Qullasuyu (Qullasuyu and Quechua, qulla south, Qulla a people, suyu region, part of a territory, each of the four regions which formed the Inca Empire, "southern region", Hispanicized spellings Collasuyu, Kholla Suyu) was the southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire.
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Raised field
In agriculture a raised platform or raised field is a large cultivated elevation meant to allow cultivators control some environmental factors like flooding.
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Recorded history
Recorded history or written history is a historical narrative based on a written record or other documented communication.
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Shamanism
Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.
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Staff God
The Staff God is a major deity in Andean cultures.
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Tiwanaku empire
The Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) state was a Pre-Columbian polity based in the city of Tiwanaku in western Bolivia that extended around Lake Titicaca and into present-day Peru and Chile from 300 to 1150.
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Tiwanaku Municipality
Tiwanaku Municipality is the third municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.
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Wari culture
The Wari (Huari) were a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru, from about AD 500 to 1000.
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Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.
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World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, monitors the state of conservation of the World Heritage properties, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or the Web) is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible via the Internet.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiwanaku
