Visual database

The Tata Kala monolith. Drawing by Arik Ohnstad.

Comparison of Mocachi monoliths, including (a) general layout for design details on their fronts, sides, and backs, and iconography on (b) the Bearded monolith; (c) the Mocachi monolith, from Casanova (1942:Figure 3); and (d) the Waka Kala stela. Drawings by Arik Ohnstad.

Wila Kala and Jinch'un Kala, combined. Drawing by Arik Ohnstad and John Janusek.

Renderings of the "Transitional-style" (a) Tata Kala, (b) Wakullani, and (c) Ídolo Plano monoliths. Drawing by Arik Ohnstad.

Photos of Tiwanaku's Pajano monoliths, including the (a) Bearded monolith, (b) Ídolo Plano, and (c) Headless monolith. Photos by Arthur Posnansky, John Janusek, and Carlos Ponce Sanginés, respectively.

Photos of the (a) Bennett, (b) Ponce, and (c) Fraile monoliths. Photo 4.18a by Clare Sammels, Photo 14.18b,c by John Janusek.

Details of back and side incision carving on the sandstone Bennett (a) and andesite Ponce (b) monoliths. Drawing by Jennifer Ohnstad.

Detail of the central prestation gesture of the Ponce personage; to the left, likely a snuff tablet; to the right, a kero. Photo by John Janusek.

5.1

South-central Andes locating places discussed in the text.

5.2

Section of a frieze on the sides of a platform at the site of Animas Altas, a predominantly Paracas Phase 9 site located in the Callango Basin of the lower Ica Valley. Sarah Massey first located and described this frieze; this drawing is based on her 1981 sketch, her dissertation, and a published description (Massey 1991:Figure 8.4).