Ground-penetrating radar has surveyed Tiwanaku, including grids at Pumapunku and an area around the Akapana. The zone between Pumapunku and the Kalasasaya was surveyed around 2007. Available archaeological sources do not confirm a 2009 radar discovery of massive chambers beneath Pumapunku. Excavation at the site remains limited and its subsurface is largely unexplored, but the claimed two-foot depth and categorical absence of deeper exploration are not documented.
GPR surveys map Tiwanaku; Pumapunku chamber claim remains unverified
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Key facts
- The area between Pumapunku and the Kalasasaya was surveyed around 2007 using ground-penetrating radar and other geophysical methods.
- Archaeology project records describe GPR grids at Pumapunku and a survey around the nearby Akapana structure.
- Available sources do not confirm a 2009 radar discovery of massive chambers directly beneath Pumapunku.
- Excavation at Pumapunku has been limited, but the claimed two-foot depth and statement that no archaeologist has explored deeper are not documented by the available sources.
Sources
Interactive Dig Tiwanaku - Pumapunku Temple Update 2interactive.archaeology.org
The excavations at the Inka settlement around the Pumapunku pyramid have been ... has been conducting a ground-penetrating radar survey around the Akapana.
The Enigma Of Tiwanaku And Puma Punkuhiddenincatours.com
Both have sunken courtyards, but very little excavation has been done. Puma Punku is very intriguing however. Page 63. Andesite Viracocha sculpture inside ...
Pumapunkuen.wikipedia.org
Pumapunku or Puma Punku (Aymara and Quechua 'Gate of the Puma') is a 6th-century T-shaped and strategically aligned man-made terraced platform mound with a ...
Tiahuanaco Monuments (Tiwanaku / Pumapunku), Bolivia ...geopolymer.org
Tiahuanaco Monuments (Tiwanaku / Pumapunku), Bolivia are made of geopolymer artificial stones created 1400 years ago.
Pumapunku - World Listworldlist.vision
The area within the kilometer separating the Pumapunku and Kalasasaya complexes has been surveyed using ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, induced ...
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)archaeology.brown.edu
GPR works by sending pulses of oscillating radar waves into the ground by way of an antenna array. The Proceq GS8000 can propagate both high and low frequency ...
Using Ground-Penetrating Radar on Archaeological Sitesgeophysical.com
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) offers an accurate, non-destructive solution to mapping the subsurface of the earth. Archaeology & Forensics.
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