Pumapunku
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Pumapunku
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Puma Punku
- Ancient site.image
- Puma Punku14.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- View at the ruins of Pumapunku
- Ancient site.location
- Western Bolivia
- Ancient site.type
- platform mound
- Ancient site.part_of
- Tiwanaku Site
- Ancient site.altitude_m
- 3,850
- Ancient site.length
- 116.7 metres
- Ancient site.width
- 167.4 metres
- Ancient site.area
- at least 14 hectares
- Ancient site.material
- sifted and layered soils (mound), andesite (superstructure), sandstone (foundation and internal channels), ternary Cu–As–Ni bronze alloy (cramps), mortar of lime and sand with ground-up malachite (turquoise green plaster floor), clay (red floor)
- Ancient site.built
- 536–600
- Ancient site.cultures
- Tiwanaku empire
- Ancient site.discovered
- 1549 by Pedro Cieza de León (first European visitor)
- Ancient site.excavations
- Alexei Vranich
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.architectural_styles
- Pumapunku Style architecture
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- Age
- Engineering
- Architecture
- Use of cramps
- Possible connection to Ollantaytambo
- Gateways of Pumapunku
- Full-sized gateways
- Miniature gateways
- Doubly curved lintels
- Sculptures
- Roofs
- Cultural and spiritual significance
- Peak and decline
- Atlantis and aliens enthusiasts
- Gallery
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
thumb|Stone blocks at Pumapunku
Pumapunku or Puma Punku (Aymara and Quechua 'Gate of the Puma') is a 6th-century T-shaped and strategically aligned man-made terraced platform mound with a sunken court and monumental structure on top, near Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia. It is part of the Pumapunku complex, at the Tiwanaku Site, an ancient archeological complex in the Andes of western Bolivia that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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