Tiahuanacon.
/ˌtiːəwəˈnɑːkəʊ/ Historical.
Used attributively 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.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific South American culture
Tiahuanaco1892
Nazca1912
Nazcan1918
Tiahuanacoid1957
1892 C. R. Markham Hist. Peru i. 19 The work of the builders of the Tiahuanaco period is met with in other parts of Peru.
1926 Brief Guide to Peruvian Textiles (Victoria & Albert Mus., Dept. Textiles) 6 The culture of the highlands has been termed ‘Tiahuanaco’ after the place..where stands the ruined archway.
1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 259 v/2 Nazca ceramics and textiles and Tiahuanaco stone carving.
1976 Times 16 Nov. 19/2 The Tiahuanaco culture..flourished from about ad 130 to 1170.
Derivatives
ˌTiahuaˈnacoid adj. [-oid suffix]
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific South American culture
Tiahuanaco1892
Nazca1912
Nazcan1918
Tiahuanacoid1957
1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 259 v/2 Concomitant with this change is the Peruvian-wide diffusion of an art style referred to as ‘Tiahuanacoid’.
1973 D. 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.
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