Visual database

Profile Attendants of the large escudillas PRT 00135 (a), 00441 (b), 00438 (c), and 00122 (d). Redrawn from original drawings by Juan Villanueva.

Two views of the bottle PRT 00093 (height 19.0 cm) with both design registers displaying two identical repeats of an avian-headed Profile Attendant. Additionally, the bottle's inside rim displays three profile feline heads.

Profile Attendants from the bottles PRT 00096 (a) and 00099 (b). Redrawn from original drawings by Riikka Väisänen.

Two views of the bottle PRT 00099 (height 17.4 cm) that displays two identical repeats of a feline-headed Profile Attendant both in its upper and lower design registers. The vessel's inside rim displays three profile feline heads.

Map of the south-central Andes showing Tiwanaku and key peripheries.

Map of Cochabamba valleys and sites mentioned in the text.

Definitions of symmetry terms used in text. (a) Basic symmetry motions between design repetitions. (b) Key types of counterchange and color alternation between design repetitions.

Central Valley Chronology, Formative to Middle Horizon, showing ceramic styles present at Piñami and Quillacollo. Styles are considered to be discontinued if their frequency in the assemblage is 0.3 percent or less. Dates for phases are approximate. The chronology does not reflect the beginning and ending time periods for styles, only the beginning and end of their appearance in the Cochabamba Central Valley.

Quillacollo-style bowls excavated at Quillacollo (Q-2). Right, fragments in the Quillacollo style. (a) Illustration of Quillacollo bowls, adapted from Céspedes Paz et al. (1994). Original drawings by Javier Gonzales.