The Ruins at Tiahuanaco.

The article discusses antiquities and ruins from Tiahuanaco, Bolivia. The author discusses how pottery from the region includes indigenous examples as well as Incan and Cuzco pottery and pottery resembling antiquities from the Aymará ruins in Bolivia. He comments that government restrictions on excavation limited his observations of the ruins and notes the apparent lack of dwellings and the construction of a mound near the ruins. He suggests the builders of Tiahuanaco may have been related to the Aymará Indians and discusses the agricultural aspects of the region as well as the presence of minerals such as andesite used for construction of the ruins. He comments on the division of Bolivian Indians into social castes.