Tiwanaku Site Museum

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Tiwanaku Site Museum
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Tiwanaku Site Museum
Established24 June 2002;23 years ago (2002-06-24)
Location Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia
Coordinates 16°33′28.76″S68°40′32.99″W / 16.5579889°S 68.6758306°W / -16.5579889; -68.6758306
Website tiwanaku.gob.bo

The Tiwanaku Site Museum is an archaeological museum located in Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia, near the Tiwanaku pre-Columbian archaeological site.

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It houses numerous funerary archaeological artifacts, ceramic pieces, and stone sculptures. One of the most important figures in the museum is the Bennett Monolith, [1] which is the largest stele ever found in the Andean world.

The building was designed by architect Carlos Villagómez. The inclusion of an open court in the center of the museum was influenced by Tiwanaku design. Since 2000, the site has been managed by the local Aymara people. [2] The museum was inaugurated on June 24, 2002.

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References

  1. ↑ Bahn, Paul G. (27 October 2020). Great Sites of the Ancient World. Frances Lincoln. ISBN   978-0-7112-5914-0.
  2. ↑ Leighton, Mary (2016). "Indigenous Archaeological Field Technicians at Tiwanaku, Bolivia: A Hybrid Form of Scientific Labor" (PDF). American Anthropologist. 118 (4): 742–754. doi:10.1111/aman.12682. ISSN   1548-1433.
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