The archeological site of Chiripa Pata is located in the Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It sits 3,812 m above sea level making it one of the highest commercially navigable lakes in the world.... region in Bolivia
Bolivia
The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west.... . It lays 15 km east of the city Chiripa and quite close to Pequery.
Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five hundred years.... site and it was inhabited from 1000 BC to 1100 AD. It has a huge temple which has three building episodes. It has many tombes within.
The place was first described by Padre Pedro Marabini in the 20th century.
Discussion
Ask a question about 'Chiripa'
Start a new discussion about 'Chiripa'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum
Encyclopedia
The archeological site of Chiripa Pata is located in the Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It sits 3,812 m above sea level making it one of the highest commercially navigable lakes in the world.... region in Bolivia
Bolivia
The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west.... . It lays 15 km east of the city Chiripa and quite close to Pequery.
Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five hundred years.... site and it was inhabited from 1000 BC to 1100 AD. It has a huge temple which has three building episodes. It has many tombes within.
The place was first described by Padre Pedro Marabini in the 20th century. Since 1990 there has been research at Chiripa by the Taraco Archeological Project from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines.... . This investigation is led by Christine Hastorf.
Trivia
The site was an example for a 2001 dissertation by Matthew Bandy
Local landowners say that the graves are arranged in a ring. The same structure which is found on the Chen Chen site in Moquegua
Moquegua
Moquegua is a city in southern Peru, located in the Moquegua Region, of which it is the regional capital. It is also capital of Mariscal Nieto Province and Moquegua District....
Etymology
The word chiripa is a Spanish noun which means fluke
