The Age of Tiwanaku: What They Aren't Telling You

The site of ancient Tiwanaku on the Andean Plateau near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia has attracted much attention, especially the Pumapunku complex. Are there any clues as to how old it is? In this video, we look at the evidence presented by UnchartedX to see how well it holds up.

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► REFERENCES
UnchartedX's video: How Old is Tiahuanaco? Is it the 'Cra...

Recommended: Kolata The Tiwanaku
https://amzn.to/3RnfGeJ

Recommended: Janusek, Ancient Tiwanaku
https://amzn.to/3ctKFHu

Protzen and Nair, Stones of Tiahuanaco
https://escholarship.org/content/qt21...

Scientific dating of Tiwanaku:
https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/326/32636...
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
https://www.academia.edu/4233128/The_...
https://www.academia.edu/36448246/A_R...
NEW STUDY JUST ADDED: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Geological history of Tiwanaku:
https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/...
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/...
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vi...
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vi...
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...

Tiwanaku quarry:
https://www.penn.museum/documents/pub...
https://upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/h...
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

Tiwanaku agriculture:
https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net...
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...
https://www.penn.museum/documents/pub...
https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/view...

Tiwanaku astronomy:
https://www.academia.edu/43665300/Nig...

Obsidian hydration:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kr0...
https://sacarcheology.org/the-potenti...

Tiwanaku's collapse:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...

3D reconstruction of the Pumapunku:
https://heritagesciencejournal.spring...

Diffusionism:
https://anthropology.ua.edu/theory/di...

Arthur Posnansky:
https://notablesdelaciencia.conicet.g...

Posnansky and the calendar:
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10...

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