The discovery, located in the department of Oruro, reveals strategic planning and a greater extension of this precursor culture of the Incas.
A team of archaeologists found a Pre -Inca Religious Temple In the highlands Bolivianone of the more relevant discoveries in recent years. This finding provides new information about the scope and influence of Tiahuanaco civilizationprecursor of the Incas, as explained to the AFP the director of the investigation.
The temple, known as Palaspatawas located in the department of Oruro215 kilometers south of La Paz. Surprisingly, the site remained Inadvertent for centuries Despite being at the top of a hill, very close to a main road and a local trail What’s right through the place.
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The finding expands the limits of Tiahuanaco
The confirmation that it was a site related to culture Tiahuanaco It was done just last week. According to a recent publication led by the archaeologist José Caprilesfrom the State University of Pennsylvania, the temple was built between the years 600 and 1,000 DCchallenging the idea that the influence of this civilization was mainly limited to the area near Lake Titicaca.
This last point is key, since until now it was believed that the power and complexity of Tiahuanaco They were limited to the emblematic temples of peace, recognized by their carved stones with millimeter precision. “Discoveries like Palaspata revalue civilization and show that he had a strategic organization To build sites of this magnitude in remote places, “Capriles said.
In addition to its religious function, Palaspata would have fulfilled an important role in the Control of the flow of goods and people between the Altiplano and the Cochabamba regionin the center of Bolivia. The first indications appeared in 2021 during expansion work of the nearby road, where they were found Pre -Hispanic vessels that began the investigation.
The area of the discovered temple covers 1.8 hectaresalthough it is estimated that human settlement could extend to some 75 hectares. So far, the site has not been excavated, since the Ministry of Cultures must coordinate protection measures and carry out a process of Consult with local communities to authorize any archaeological intervention. The Vice Minister Juan Carlos Cordero He highlighted the importance of the finding to understand the magnitude of Tiahuanaco, a civilization that, according to Capriles, has been underestimated in the academic field.
Source: Ambito
