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  ARCHEOLOGY 
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  CENTRAL 
  ANDES 
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  Other 
  characteristics 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  discover, 
  since 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   terials 
  are 
  from 
  graves. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  wide 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  design 
  style, 
  

   little 
  political 
  unity 
  is 
  implied. 
  In 
  general, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-B 
  

   is 
  transitional 
  to 
  the 
  true 
  Late 
  Periods 
  and 
  shares 
  characteristics 
  with 
  

   them. 
  

  

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  TIAHUANACO 
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  In 
  Highland 
  Tiahuanaco 
  four 
  periods 
  are 
  recognized: 
  Early 
  Tiahua- 
  

   naco, 
  Classical 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  the 
  hypothetical 
  Derived 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  

   and 
  Decadent 
  Tiahuanaco. 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco 
  has 
  been 
  divided 
  into 
  

   two 
  subperiods. 
  The 
  discussion 
  which 
  follows 
  is 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  Classic 
  

   Tiahuanaco 
  and 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A, 
  since 
  only 
  these 
  two 
  show 
  

   any 
  marked 
  resemblances. 
  

  

  Only 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  Highland 
  Tiahuanaco 
  ceramic 
  shapes 
  are 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  Coast: 
  the 
  goblet 
  and 
  the 
  cup. 
  Even 
  in 
  these 
  shapes 
  the 
  

   Highland 
  forms 
  have 
  flaring 
  sides, 
  the 
  Coast 
  forms 
  generally 
  have 
  

   straight 
  sides. 
  Other 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco 
  ceramic 
  shapes 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  

   on 
  the 
  Coast, 
  nor 
  do 
  other 
  shapes 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahua- 
  

   naco-A 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands. 
  The 
  ceramic 
  design 
  colors, 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand, 
  are 
  closely 
  related, 
  since 
  both 
  Coast 
  and 
  Highland 
  Tiahua- 
  

   naco 
  employ 
  black, 
  white, 
  yellow, 
  and 
  gray 
  on 
  a 
  red-slip 
  base. 
  Like- 
  

   wise, 
  fine 
  finish 
  and 
  polish 
  are 
  characteristic 
  of 
  both. 
  

  

  The 
  textile 
  designs 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A 
  Period 
  are 
  in 
  many 
  

   cases 
  almost 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  stone-carving 
  designs 
  of 
  Highland 
  

   Tiahuanaco. 
  The 
  central 
  front-view 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Gateway 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sun," 
  the 
  running 
  figures 
  on 
  the 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  small 
  sun 
  faces 
  all 
  occur 
  

   on 
  Coast 
  textiles. 
  Were 
  textiles 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands, 
  they 
  

   would 
  probably 
  be 
  even 
  more 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  Coast 
  fabrics. 
  

  

  In 
  Highland 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  a 
  distinction 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  between 
  ceramic 
  

   design 
  and 
  stone 
  carving-textile 
  design. 
  This 
  distinction 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  maintained 
  on 
  the 
  Coast, 
  where 
  the 
  characteristic 
  ceramic 
  

   designs 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A 
  are 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  textile 
  

   designs. 
  For 
  example, 
  a 
  large 
  urn 
  from 
  Pacheco 
  is 
  decorated 
  with 
  a 
  

   front- 
  view 
  figure 
  with 
  both 
  hands 
  outstretched 
  and 
  holding 
  staffs, 
  like 
  

   the 
  central 
  figure 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  Gateway 
  of 
  the 
  Sun." 
  Examples 
  could 
  be 
  

   multiplied 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  textile-stone 
  carving 
  design 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  

   factor 
  in 
  the 
  relationship 
  of 
  Highland 
  and 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco. 
  Al- 
  

   though 
  this 
  helps 
  explain 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  similarities, 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  account 
  

   for 
  the 
  two 
  corresponding 
  ceramic 
  shapes, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  ceramic 
  design 
  

   colors 
  which 
  are 
  typical 
  of 
  both. 
  Black 
  and 
  white, 
  plus 
  other 
  colors, 
  

   on 
  an 
  over-all 
  red 
  base 
  are 
  not 
  colors 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  textiles. 
  

  

  Many 
  attempts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  relationship 
  of 
  High- 
  

   land 
  and 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  but 
  none 
  is 
  completely 
  satisfactory. 
  One 
  

   is 
  that 
  another 
  site 
  must 
  exist 
  somewhere 
  between 
  the 
  Highlands 
  and 
  

   the 
  Coast 
  with 
  materials 
  which 
  would 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  similarity. 
  This 
  

  

  