A major urban center of the Early Intermediate Period, near the Peruvian shore of Lake Titicaca. The important buildings included a walled sanctuary, monumental U-shaped sunken court surrounded by structures, and walls of dressed stone slabs. The city is best known for its carved stone statues and its polychrome pottery with designs, including the divided eye motif found later at Tiahuanaco. The pottery is typically black-and-yellow on red with color zones separated by incised lines, possibly related to the ceramics of the late Paracas culture. Radiocarbon dates indicate occupation from 200 BC-200 AD. There are subterranean burial vaults. The site was abandoned before the zenith of Huari and the art style is almost certainly a precursor to Tiahuanaco.