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  ARCHEOLOGY 
  OF 
  CENTRAL 
  ANDES— 
  BENNETT 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco 
  vessel 
  shapes 
  carry 
  over, 
  such 
  as 
  

   the 
  goblet, 
  the 
  two-handled 
  libation 
  bowl, 
  and 
  the 
  the 
  flat-bottom 
  

   cup. 
  Even 
  in 
  these, 
  new 
  variations 
  are 
  found, 
  such 
  as 
  straight 
  

   rather 
  than 
  flaring 
  sides, 
  ornamental 
  raised 
  bands, 
  and 
  libation 
  bowls 
  

   without 
  the 
  modeled 
  puma 
  and 
  llama 
  heads. 
  Several 
  new 
  shapes 
  are 
  

   introduced, 
  including 
  collar 
  jars, 
  angular-body 
  vessels, 
  spouted 
  ves- 
  

   sels, 
  and 
  one- 
  or 
  two-handled 
  jars. 
  In 
  total, 
  the 
  Decadent 
  Tiahuan- 
  

  

  Figure 
  18. 
  — 
  Tiahuanaco 
  stone 
  statues 
  at 
  Mocachi, 
  

  

  Casanova, 
  1942 
  c, 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  Bolivia. 
  (Redrawn 
  from 
  

  

  aco 
  vessel 
  shapes 
  are 
  more 
  varied 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Classic 
  Period 
  

   (fig. 
  17). 
  

  

  None 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  buildings 
  at 
  the 
  Tiahuanaco 
  site 
  has 
  been 
  

   assigned 
  to 
  the 
  Decadent 
  Period, 
  although 
  the 
  small 
  temple 
  east 
  

   of 
  Calasasaya 
  probably 
  belongs 
  to 
  it. 
  This 
  temple 
  is 
  a 
  semisubter- 
  

   ranean 
  structure 
  with 
  facing 
  walls 
  made 
  of 
  upright 
  stones 
  and 
  small 
  

   stones, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  carved 
  stone 
  heads 
  as 
  wall 
  decorations. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  stones 
  are 
  dressed, 
  some 
  rough, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  them, 
  including 
  

   the 
  carved 
  heads, 
  were 
  probably 
  collected 
  from 
  older 
  buildings 
  and 
  

   reassembled 
  in 
  this 
  crude 
  temple. 
  Similar 
  semisubterranean 
  temples 
  

   have 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  Decadent 
  Tiahuanaco 
  at 
  Chiripa 
  and 
  

   Lucurmata. 
  No 
  stone 
  carving 
  is 
  definitely 
  associated 
  with 
  this 
  period, 
  

   although 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  technically 
  inferior 
  carvings 
  

   might 
  be 
  assigned 
  to 
  it 
  (fig. 
  18). 
  

  

  