Ceramic production in the Tiwanaku sphere: LA-ICP-MS in the Moquegua, Titicaca, and Cochabamba regions

Between 600 and 1100 CE, the Tiwanaku site emerged as the principal center of an impactful cultural phenomenon in the Andean altiplano. Its influence stretched from the Pacific coast to the Amazonian valleys and south into the Atacama Desert. We examine the results of a series of research projects utilizing LA-ICP-MS on ceramics and clays from a cross-section of Tiwanaku settlements in three of the principal regions of influence: the Cochabamba …