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Frontal personage holding staffs. (a) Gate of the Sun, Tiahuanaco; (b) Bennett stele, Tiahuanaco; (c) Ponce stele, Tiahuanaco; (d) Kochamama, Tiahuanaco (a-d after Posnansky 1945); (e) "Recipiente Litico de Ofrendas," Tiahuanaco (Ponce Sanginés 1982:Figure 16.1); (f) Tomb 4093, Coyo Oriente; (g) Tomb 4010, Coyo Oriente; (h) Tomb 2183, Quitor 5; (i) Tomb 3582, Quitor 6, San Pedro de Atacama; (j) La Real, Valle de Majes, Peru (after Garcia and Bustamante 1990:Figure 3). (f-h, j drawings by Donna Torres).

Disembodied rayed head: (a) Tomb 1994, Quitor 5; (b) Tomb 3935, Coyo Oriente; (c) Tomb, 1618, Sequitor Alambrado; (d) Gate of the Sun, lower fret detail, Tiahuanaco (after Posnansky 1945); (e) Bennett stele, upper back detail, Tiahuanaco (after Posnansky 1945); (f) Ponce stele, waistband detail, Tiahuanaco. (Photo by Constantino M. Torres, drawings by Donna Torres).

Profile personage holding staff. (a) Tomb 3380, Quitor 5; (b) Tomb 3613, Quitor 6; (c) Tomb 3223, Quitor 8; (d) Tomb 107, Solcor 3; (e) Tomb 4229-30, Toconao Oriente; (f) Tomb 4141, Coyo Oriente; (g) Tomb 4008, Coyo Oriente; (h) Tomb 3963, Coyo Oriente, San Pedro de Atacama; (i) Nino Korin, Bolivia; (j) Pallqa, Amaguaya, Bolivia; (k-l) Bennett stele, Tiahuanaco (after Posnansky 1945); (m-o) Ponce stele, Tiahuanaco. Photo by Constantino M. Torres, drawings by Donna Torres.

Bird-headed personage. (a) Bennett stele, Tiahuanaco (after Posnansky 1945); (b) Gate of the Sun, Tiahuanaco (after Posnansky 1945); (c) Ponce stele, Tiahuanaco; (d) Molino-Chilacachi, department of Puno, Peru (de La Vega et al. 2005:Figure 12.6); (e) Tomb 2742, Quitor 6; (f) Tomb 3944, Coyo Oriente; (g) Tomb 5334-41, Coyo Oriente; (h) Tomb 3585, Quitor 6; (i) unknown provenience, San Pedro de Atacama area. Photos by Constantino M. Torres, drawings by Donna Torres.

Camelid bearing cargo. (a) Bennett stele, Tiahuanaco (after Posnansky 1945:Figure 113a); (b) Tomb 5, Solcor 3; (c) Tomb 4049-50, Coyo Oriente; (d) Tomb 44, Solcor 3; (e) Tomb 2235, Quitor 5, San Pedro de Atacama. Photos by Constantino M. Torres.

Unique and infrequent representations. (a) Tomb 4111, Coyo Oriente; (b) Tomb 5381, Coyo Oriente (cf. Figure 11.j); (c) Tomb 3706, Quitor 2; (d) Tomb 2189, Quitor 5; (e) Tomb 2748, Quitor 6; (f) Tomb 3662, Quitor 6; (g) Tomb 99, Solcor 3; (h-j) unknown provenience, San Pedro de Atacama area. Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo R. P. Le Paige, Universidad Católica del Norte, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Photos by Constantino M. Torres, drawing by Donna Torres.

Kantatayita lintel and detail, Tiahuanaco. Photo by Constantino M. Torres.

Snuff trays with profile genuflect personage. (a) Tomb 3223, 15.7 x 6.2 cm, Quitor 8; (b) Tomb 3380, 18.5 x 6.8 cm, Quitor 5; (c) Tomb 5444, 9.1 x 4.3 cm, Quitor 6. Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo R. P. Le Paige, Universidad Católica del Norte, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Photos by Constantino M. Torres.

Primary signs components of snuff trays, Bennett stele, Ponce stele, and Gate of the Sun. Drawings by Donna Torres.

Three primary signs illustrating variability of the iconographic system. Drawings by Donna Torres.