  Welcome
to our website. This
project is the product of many hours of work in the library and
the computer lab. We, the members of the daily life team made this
website for the course CSE 106/ANTH 253, Visualizing the Past/Peopling
the Past, at the University of Pennsylvania in the Fall of 2005.
We would like to give you a taste of the life of a common person
in the ancient city of Tiwanaku. The ancient city of Tiwanaku is
located near the shore of Lake
Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. It was
a time when great monuments were erected as a symbol of the cosmological
unity of all things, and for the first time in the regions history,
great numbers of people were gathering and interacting with one
another in a cosmopolitan setting. However, beyond the grandeur,
real people ate, slept, farmed, and told their myths around their
hearths at night. Upon entering this site a fictitious Tiwanaku
family will give you a tour of their home. You will be with them
as they wake, tend their animals, prepare meals, craft, and pray.
This site is intended for educational and entertainment purposes.
In the creative process many liberties were take with regards to
unknown historical and architectural facts. However, whenever possible
this recreation is accurate to archaeological evidence. The compound
is from Tiwanaku IV (550-700 A.D.). For more information about the
recreation process please consult the "Process" section
at the bottom.
 Greetings
and good morning.
My name is Janq’u (which
means “He who brings peace and tranquility”), and I will
be your guide today. Before we enter our house compound, let me
explain a little bit about how we ended up here. Our ancestral root
is the Western Moquegua Valley, from along the banks of the Osmore
River (in modern day Peru). My relations first visited this area
when the Tiwanaku came to dominance in our region and moved our
sacred idols to this temple complex. My ancestors, like many peoples
still do today, made regular pilgrimage to the Tiwanaku ceremonial
center, and over time many settled permanently at Tiwanaku. To follow
me, simply click on the next arrow below the text. If you do not
wish to take the tour, feel free to look around on your own. You
can move from building to building by clicking on the building names
next to the
compound at the bottom of the screen. If you want to find out more
about our lives here, click the highlighted words in my text and
they will take you to more information. Are
you ready? Let’s go!
screenshot,
person, and image editing by Di
text
co-written by Sarah and Di
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