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T-1F (Chiripa)

The population of Chiripa declined further in the LF2, as did that of virtually every site on the Taraco Peninsula. Sector F has a population index value of 322 (5.75 ha), down from 353 for the LF1 Sector E, an annual growth rate of -0.05%. This is not as precipitous a decline as the phase average of -0.12%, but it is a decline nevertheless.

As far as public architecture is concerned, the mound and sunken court at Chiripa apparently continued to be utilized into the phase. Browman found ``a couple undisturbed pockets'' on the floor of the temple which yielded Tiwanaku III ceramics ([Browman 1978a]: 810).



Matthew Bandy 2002-06-02