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Tiahuanaco Hist.|ˌtiːəwəˈnɑːkəʊ| The name of a ruined ceremonial site south of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, used attrib. and as adj. with reference to a pre-Incan culture, esp. notable for its stonemasonry and distinctive pottery, which flourished in South America in the first millennium a.d. Hence ˌTiahuaˈnacoid a. [-oid].
1892C. R. Markham Hist. Peru i. 19 The work of the builders of the Tiahuanaco period is met with in other parts of Peru. 1926Brief Guide to Peruvian Textiles (Victoria & Albert Museum, Dept. Textiles) 6 The culture of the highlands has been termed ‘Tiahuanaco’ after the place..where stands the ruined archway. 1957Encycl. Brit. II. 259 V/2 Nazca ceramics and textiles and Tiahuanaco stone carving. Ibid., Concomitant with this change is the Peruvian-wide diffusion of an art style referred to as ‘Tiahuanacoid’. 1973D. Menzel in D. R. Gross Peoples & Cultures Native S. Amer. i. ii. 20 The Inca-period vogue of antiquarianism which revives post-Tiahuanacoid styles first appears at a time just preceding the Inca conquest of the area. 1976Times 16 Nov. 19/2 The Tiahuanaco culture..flourished from about ad 130 to 1170. |