Chiripa Pata experienced very slow growth at this time. Sector E has a population index of 429 (7.5 ha), as opposed to 353 for the LF2 sector D. This is an annual growth rate of 0.03%, considerably below the phase average. The role of Chiripa Pata in Tiwanaku Period Taraco Peninsula settlement hierarchy is uncertain. On the one hand, its large size seems to indicate that it is the smallest of the second-tier sites, with Chiripa (T-1) and Yanapata (T-123/T-130). On the other, its slow growth rate would place it with the tertiary villages.