Tiwanaku IV en Nazacara, Bolivia: apuntes para una cronología cultural

Abstract

Tiwanaku IV at Nazacara, Bolivia: Some Notes to a Cultural Chronology   

This article discusses two radiocarbon dates associated with Tiwanaku IV ceramics found at Nazacara, a village located approximately 45 kilometers south of Tiwanaku. According to the present study the first traces of this Tiwanaku culture appeared in Nazacara near the beginning of the fifth century. Nevertheless, this first sub-phase does not represent significant change in the traditional ceramic pattern. More important change seems to have started around 550/600 AD when the amount of painted ceramics as well as ceremonial and public ceramic vessels increased precipitously, constituting a more or less pure Tiwanaku IV assemblage. This second sub-phase is interpreted as reflecting even greater changes involved in the incorporation of Nazacara into the domain of the Tiwanaku elite.