# Janusek 2012: Building Taypikala: Telluric Transformations in the Lithic Production of Tiwanaku

> John Wayne Janusek, Patrick Ryan Williams, Mark Golitko et al., 2012. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the quarries and transport.

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# Building Taypikala: Telluric Transformations in the Lithic Production of Tiwanaku

John Wayne Janusek, Patrick Ryan Williams, Mark Golitko et al., 2012. _Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes (Springer, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)_.

Geochemical sourcing of Tiwanaku's stone: the sandstone from quarries in the Kimsachata range about 10 km south of the site, the andesite from the Ccapia volcano across Lake Titicaca and from Copacabana, moved by reed boat and sledge; with the quarries, roads and unfinished blocks.

**Puma Punku and Tiwanaku** Chapterdoi: **[10.1007/978-1-4614-5200-3_4](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5200-3_4)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the quarries and transport.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[Sandstone was dragged on sledges and ramps from Kimsachata, 10 km; andesite crossed the lake on reed boats…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/answers/ANS0D69YNY85BN2/sandstone-was-dragged-on-sledges-and-ramps-from-kimsachata)

Answer

ANS

[Abandoned blocks at the Kimsachata and Ccapia quarries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/artifacts/ART0D69YTJP2YRB/abandoned-blocks-at-the-kimsachata-and-ccapia-quarries)

ART

[Geochemical sourcing of Tiwanaku sandstone and andesite](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D69YRW05DT1/geochemical-sourcing-of-tiwanaku-sandstone-and-andesite)

Dataset

DAT

[Quarries at Ccapia and Kimsachata hold abandoned blocks at intermediate stages.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YJ924AGE/quarries-at-ccapia-and-kimsachata-hold-abandoned-blocks-at)

Evidence

EVD

[Quarry roads and abandoned blocks are recorded at Kimsachata; andesite is sourced to Ccapia and Copacabana…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YP6278PY/quarry-roads-and-abandoned-blocks-are-recorded-at-kimsachata)

Evidence

EVD

[The andesite matches the Ccapia volcano and the sandstone matches Kimsachata, where quarry faces and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/evidence/EVD0D69YKQY58K5/the-andesite-matches-the-ccapia-volcano-and-the-sandstone)

Evidence

EVD

[John Wayne Janusek](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/people/FIG0D69YDMM2TYW/john-wayne-janusek)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[How were blocks of up to 130 tonnes moved to the site?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/questions/QST0D69YH203BZW/how-were-blocks-of-up-to-130-tonnes-moved-to-the-site)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Janusek, J. W., Williams, P. R., Golitko, M., & Lémuz Aguirre, C. (2012). Building Taypikala: Telluric Transformations in the Lithic Production of Tiwanaku. Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes (Springer, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5200-3_4
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5200-3_4)

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**SRC** 0D69Y9FT5X34

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