Kaillachuro's Hunter-Gatherers Built Monumental Burial Mounds In The Titicaca Basin 1,500 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought - Ancient Pages

Kaillachuro's Hunter-Gatherers Built Monumental Burial Mounds In The Titicaca Basin 1,500 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought - Ancient Pages

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have traditionally believed that monumental architecture—large, human-constructed structures designed for visibility—was a hallmark of societies with established power structures, including social hierarchies, inequality, and organized labor forces. Members of the Aymara community of Jachacachi work with anthropologists on Kaillachuro excavations in a region of Peru. (Luis Flores-Blanco/courtesy) Ho…