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Pokotia is a pre-Incan archaeological site, 6 km (4 mi) from Tiwanaku in Bolivia.[1]
Finds
editSeveral erect stelae, including the Pokotia Monolith, have been unearthed here. The monolith was discovered in 1960.
A squatting figure has also been found, [2] likely dating from the Late Formative period.[3]
Purpose
editReferences
edit- ^ Linda Manzanilla (1997). Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies. Springer. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-306-45494-3.
- ^ Cottie Arthur Burland (1976). The Peoples of the Sun: The Civilizations of Pre-Columbian America. Praeger. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-275-22650-3.
- ^ Geoffrey Hext Sutherland Bushnell (1965). Ancient arts of the Americas. F. A. Praeger. p. 184.
External links
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