# Protzen 2000: On Reconstructing Tiwanaku Architecture

> Jean-Pierre Protzen, Stella E. Nair, 2000. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the modular design.

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# On Reconstructing Tiwanaku Architecture

Jean-Pierre Protzen, Stella E. Nair, 2000. _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_.

Measured study of the Pumapunku stones showing that the famous H-blocks and lintels were made to standard modules and could be assembled in several ways, and that earlier reconstructions were guesses.

**Puma Punku and Tiwanaku** Articledoi: **[10.2307/991648](https://doi.org/10.2307/991648)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the modular design.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The andesite H-blocks of Puma Punku](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/artifacts/ART0D69YS3T79N7/the-andesite-h-blocks-of-puma-punku)

ART

[H-blocks, niche blocks and lintels were cut to standard modules from templates and any block of a type fits…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YHSE1W75/h-blocks-niche-blocks-and-lintels-were-cut-to-standard)

Evidence

EVD

[Protzen and Nair publish the modular analysis of the stones](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/events/EVT0D69YFBA5SVA/protzen-and-nair-publish-the-modular-analysis-of-the-stones)

EVT

[Puma Punku and Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Protzen, J. P., & Nair, S. E. (2000). On Reconstructing Tiwanaku Architecture. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. https://doi.org/10.2307/991648
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/991648)

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