1. Latin American Studies 9/13/10

2.  100 BCE-700 CE  Religious and militaristic society  Agriculture  development of hydraulic works  Exceptionally skilled artists  “the Decapitator

3.  Huaca del Sol  Huaca de la luna

5.  Contemporaries of the Moche civilization  Most famous for geoglyphs  Textiles

8.  250 BCE – 1200 CE  Near Lake Titicaca in Peru  Excelled in weaving, pottery, bone carving, and masonry  Slave labor

9.  Gateway of the Sun  Temple Kalasaya

10.  Environmental causes  Reduced rainfall after 950 CE  City of Tiwanaku abandoned by 1200

11.  Contemporaries of the Tiwanaku  Near present-day Ayacucho, Peru  Capital: Wari  Pikillacta

12.  Though to have begun as colony of Tiwanaku and later asserted independence  Ties to Pachacama—pilgrimage site  Quipus  Decline after year 850