Bell of Stone

The natural flow of the water during the rainy season was the source of fertility of human life and the earth, and when the waters were full, the passageway would cause the structure to vibrate lie a “bell of stone; this engineering is often compared to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in terms of significance and complexity.

Structure

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Significance

This system was not for irrigation; instead, it controlled water as part of ritual display or symbolic movement.

Natural Effects

While erosion is expected of a structure from this time, experts have concluded that much of the visible erosion is a product of an uncontrolled flow of rainwater that creeps through the naturally and culturally created depressions in the andesite stone

The Temple's Erosion

While erosion is expected of a structure from this time, experts have concluded that much of the visible erosion is a product of an uncontrolled flow of rainwater that creeps through the naturally and culturally created depressions in the andesite stone

Margottini, Claudio. “Surface Erosion and Mass Movement Constraints in the Conservation of Akapana Pyramid Mound (Tiwanaku, Bolivia).” In Landside Science and Practice, 6:521 25, 2013.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31319-6_68.

 

Mission Archéologique Pucara-Tiahuanaco, François Cuynet. MAP-T 2013, Pyramide Akapana, site archéologique de Tiwanaku, Bolivie. Photography. Tiwanaku, Bolivia. 2013. ⟨medihal-01918007⟩

https://hal.science/medihal=01918007

 

The Akapana Pyramid at 3,870 Meters (12,696 Ft) Above Sea Level, Tiwanaku, Bolivia. February 6, 2019. Uploaded by Elias Rovielo [ER’s Eyes]. Flickriver.

https://www.flickriver.com/photos/eliasroviello/46442976994/.