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  ARCHEOLOGY 
  OF 
  CENTRAL 
  ANDES 
  — 
  BENNETT 
  121 
  

  

  yet 
  to 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  described, 
  the 
  implication 
  at 
  the 
  moment 
  is 
  

   that 
  it 
  represents 
  a 
  basic 
  style 
  like 
  Chiripa 
  plus 
  a 
  strong 
  Tiahuanaco 
  

   influence. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  dismissed 
  as 
  another 
  

   branch 
  of 
  Highland 
  Tiahuanaco 
  since 
  there 
  are 
  too 
  many 
  distinctive 
  

   and 
  independent 
  features. 
  The 
  masonry 
  employs 
  dressed 
  stone 
  with- 
  

   out 
  the 
  Tiahuanaco 
  jointing 
  and 
  notching. 
  Stones 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   a 
  pattern 
  of 
  large, 
  concentric 
  enclosures 
  with 
  small 
  roomlike 
  divisions. 
  

   The 
  stone 
  carving 
  includes 
  some 
  statues 
  which 
  resemble 
  those 
  at 
  

   Tiahuanaco 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  strict 
  conventionalization 
  nor 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  fine-line 
  incised 
  design. 
  Perhaps 
  all 
  the 
  stone 
  carving 
  does 
  

   not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Pucara 
  Period 
  since 
  the 
  Tiahuanaco 
  Group 
  Four, 
  

   or 
  geometric 
  style, 
  is 
  also 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  ceramics 
  (pi. 
  37) 
  are 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  typical 
  Chiripa 
  

   shape, 
  that 
  is, 
  a 
  flat-bottom 
  open 
  bowl 
  with 
  perpendicular 
  sides 
  

   and 
  a 
  slightly 
  out-flaring 
  thick 
  rim. 
  However, 
  this 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  Pucara 
  shapes. 
  Likewise, 
  decorated 
  clay 
  tubes 
  are 
  asso- 
  

   ciated. 
  The 
  vessels 
  are 
  painted 
  in 
  black 
  and 
  yellow 
  on 
  a 
  red 
  base, 
  

   and 
  the 
  color 
  areas 
  are 
  commonly 
  separated 
  by 
  incised 
  lines. 
  Simple 
  

   geometric 
  elements 
  are 
  common, 
  but 
  the 
  designs 
  are 
  dominated 
  by 
  

   the 
  feline 
  figure, 
  either 
  painted 
  or 
  in 
  low 
  relief. 
  The 
  style 
  is 
  far 
  more 
  

   developed 
  than 
  Chiripa 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  considerable 
  Tiahuanaco 
  

   influence 
  in 
  it. 
  The 
  distribution 
  and 
  ultimate 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  

   site 
  and 
  period 
  must 
  await 
  further 
  exploration 
  and 
  publication. 
  

  

  DERIVED 
  TIAHUANACO 
  

  

  The 
  Tiahuanaco 
  style 
  materials 
  outside 
  the 
  altiplano 
  of 
  Bolivia 
  

   do 
  not 
  represent 
  an 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco 
  

   complex. 
  The 
  characteristic 
  architecture, 
  stone 
  sculpture, 
  and 
  even 
  

   ceramics 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  home 
  region. 
  At 
  the 
  

   same 
  time, 
  the 
  materials 
  from 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Cordillera 
  of 
  Bolivia, 
  from 
  

   North 
  Chile, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Coast 
  of 
  Peru 
  bear 
  an 
  undeniable 
  relation- 
  

   ship 
  to 
  the 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco 
  style. 
  The 
  term 
  "Derived 
  Tiahua- 
  

   naco' 
  ' 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  express 
  this 
  relationship, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  possibility 
  

   that 
  a 
  period 
  representing 
  such 
  a 
  derived 
  style 
  may 
  be 
  isolated. 
  For 
  

   example, 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Arani 
  near 
  Cochabamba, 
  one 
  group 
  of 
  pottery 
  

   is 
  well 
  made 
  and 
  utilizes 
  three- 
  and 
  four-color 
  designs 
  on 
  a 
  red 
  base. 
  

   This 
  group 
  cannot 
  be 
  classified 
  as 
  Decadent 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  it 
  lacks 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco 
  charac- 
  

   teristics. 
  Likewise, 
  ceramics 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Pariti 
  in 
  Lake 
  Titi- 
  

   caca 
  vary 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  tech- 
  

   nical 
  excellence 
  of 
  manufacture. 
  However, 
  more 
  evidence 
  is 
  needed 
  

   to 
  establish 
  the 
  Derived 
  Tiahuanaco 
  as 
  a 
  definite 
  period. 
  If 
  ever 
  so 
  

   isolated, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  chronologically 
  as 
  transitional 
  from 
  the 
  

   Early 
  to 
  the 
  Middle 
  Periods. 
  

  

  