🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Isla del Sol
Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) · Tiwanaku / Inca
Isla del Sol in La Paz, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) temple complex attributed to Tiwanaku / Inca culture.
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🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) · Tiwanaku / Inca
Isla del Sol in La Paz, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) temple complex attributed to Tiwanaku / Inca culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Fortress
Chanè to Inca (1000 – 1500 CE) · Chanè / Inca / Guaraní
El Fuerte de Samaipata in Santa Cruz, Bolivia is a Chanè to Inca (1000 – 1500 CE) fortress attributed to Chanè / Inca / Guaraní culture. UNESCO 1998.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Late Formative) · Wankarani (highland Altiplano)
Altiplano tell-pyramid at Wankarani — 80×60 m artificial village mound 8 m high c.1200–270 BCE at 3950 m, highest Andean mound village before Tiwanaku.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Eastern Potosí Citadel Inner — Potosí (55-15) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tiwanaku — Kalasasaya North Balcony Platform (Bolivia) in La Paz, Tiwanaku, Kalasasaya, Bolivia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple compl…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Old Potosí Village Inner — Potosí (55-20) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Medieval (regional) earthwork of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Sajama — Geoglyph Lines North (Bolivia, Altiplano) in Oruro, Sajama, Bolivia is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph attributed to A…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Puma Punku — Ancillary H-Block Terrace (Tiwanaku) in La Paz, Tiwanaku, Puma Punku, Bolivia is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca
Incallajta — North Kallanka Hall (Cochabamba, Bolivia) in Cochabamba, Incallajta, Bolivia is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attri…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Tiwanaku to Inca (~500–1532 CE; Inca reef 1400–1532 CE) · Tiwanaku and Inca
At 3,810 m – the world's highest navigable lake – divers from Atahuallpa 2000 and recent Belgian–Bolivian teams mapped an underwater reef off the Khoa beach of the Island of the Sun retaining Inca…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ancient City of Tor Llyn in Oruro, Bolivia is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) ancient city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pyramid of Town Forge in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) pyramid attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Reservoir of Broch Fen in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Rock art
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Wadi Khirbet Rock Shelter in Oruro, Bolivia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hillfort
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Source Hillfort in Oruro, Bolivia is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hillfort attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Rock art
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Narrow-Moat Rock Shelter in Oruro, Bolivia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) rock art attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Horizon 100–1532 CE (Inca road overlay) Sajama unknown chronology · High Altiplano pastoral (Sajama culture, pre-Inca to Inca)
Secondary network of Sajama Lines — largest geoglyph on Earth (16,000 km total): radial straight lines 2 m wide scraped to light soil converging on raised chullpa-shrine islands, visible only from…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Buried city
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Buried City of Knowes Weston in Oruro, Bolivia is a Moche (100–800 CE) buried city attributed to Moche culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Late Intermediate Mollo 1145–1425 CE, pre-Inca before Inca annexation · Mollo (Andean Late Intermediate, west Cordillera Real)
Mollo hilltop city on east slope Cordillera Real at 1672 m with 90 rectangular houses of pirca (rough stone) on 13 terraces, streets and plazas on slope, dry-stone walls 2 m high, first reported by…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Turgai Geoglyph Square North in Pampas, Bolivia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Serpent Mound Egg Enclosure in Altiplano, Bolivia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku Period 536–600 CE (complex radiocarbon dated) · Tiwanaku
Terraced platform mound within Tiwanaku complex famous for precision-cut andesite and red sandstone blocks with drilled holes, flat planes and interlocking joints to 0.5 mm tolerance, scattered as if…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 107 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.