Locating Cultural Change: Late Formative Domestic Practices at Khonkho Wankane

MARSH, ERIK J.

Early Complexity in the South-Central Andes: Khonkho Wankane and its Hinterland (Archaeology in the Machaca Region of Bolivia, Volume I)

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Universidad de California

Lugar: Los Angeles; Año: 2011;

The development of sociopolitical complexity at Tiwanaku around AD 500 was one of the major episodes in the cultural history of the Southern Lake Titicaca Basin. Around AD 500, a series of Late Formative (200 BC – AD 500) ceremonial centers faded in importance as Tiwanaku rose to prominence and far-reaching cultural influence (Janusek 2004a:140-151; Stanish 2003:164-165). This social reorganization was focused at ceremonial centers throughout the region, where practices and traditions developed that would endure through the end of the Tiwanaku state around AD 1100. The historical process of social changes and rise of Tiwanaku are rooted directly in shifting regional practices and traditions (Janusek 2004b:76; Pauketat and Alt 2005:231).