As mentioned in Chapter 7, Kala Uyuni was the principal population center on the Taraco Peninsula during at least part of the LF1. During the LF2 it was virtually abandoned, an event probably associated with the incorporation of the peninsula into the Tiwanaku polity. During the Tiwanaku Period, the site again grew rapidly, from a LF2 population index of 70 (Sector D) to 291 (5.25 ha) in the Middle Horizon. This represents an annual growth rate of 0.22%, much higher than the phase average and probably indicative of an intentional repopulation of the locality. It was never again to be the principal settlement on the peninsula, however, and can be considered a tertiary site in the Tiwanaku Period settlement hierarchy.