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J. J. Augustin Publisher, New York, 1945
Tihuanacu, the Cradle of American Man.
by *Arthur Posnansky* Volume II Table of Contents. Prologue to Volume II Chapter I The Sun Door of Tihuanacu
	A.	The Symbolical Ideographs of the East Facade. The Sun Door: a Block of an Engraved Wall
	B.	The Finished and Unfinished Parts of the Sun Door
	C.	The Decipherment of the Symbolical Ideographs of the Sun Door
	D.	The Astronomical Conception and Cosmological Thought in the Inscriptions of the Sun Door
	E.	The Cosmological Details of the Frieze
	F.	The Thirty Satellites
	G.	The Unfinished Part of the Sun Door
	H.	The Opening of the Sun Door
	I.	The Reverse Side of the Sun Door of Tihuanacu
Chapter II The Temple of the Sun Kalasasaya, an "Inti Huatana". Astronomical Science in Tihuanacu
	A.	The Beginning of Studies in Tihuanacu
	B.	Architecnographical Introduction
	C.	The Object of the Building Kalasasaya
	D.	The Two Different Periods in the Construction of Kalasasaya
	E.	The Astronomic Science of Tihuanacu. How Kalasasaya was Built to be Used as a Stone Almanac
	F.	The Approach to Kalasasaya. The Monumental Perron
	G.	Kalasasaya of the Third Period
Chapter III The Astronomical Angles and Probable Age of Tihuanacu
		Astronomical Angles
Chapter IV Buildings Round About Kalasasaya
	A.	The So-called "Palace of the Sarcophaguses"
	B.	Subterranean Dwellings in the Vicinity of the Sun Temple
Chapter V Hydraulic Works in Tihuanacu
	A.	Canalization for Drinking Water and Other Purposes
	B.	Moat General Map of Tihuanacu
Chapter VI Kantataita, also called the Sacrificial Stone
Chapter VII Puma Punku, the Moon Temple
	A.	General
	B.	Topography
	C.	Puma-Punku, the Moon Temple
	D.	Description of the Temple
Chapter VIII
	A.	The Moon Door
	B.	The Four Broken Doors of Puma Punku
	C.	The Term Puma Punku
	D.	The Purpose of the Puma Punku Group
	E.	Some Details of Puma Punku
	F.	Location of the Puma Punku Group and its Huge Constructions
Chapter IX Doors and Frontispieces of Tihuanacu
	A.	The Monolithic Door of Red Sandstone
	B.	The So-called Door of the Pantheon
	C.	The Water Door on the Platform of the Fortress Akapana
	D.	The Doors of Puma Punku
	E.	The Door of the House Called "of the Inca" (Kala-uta)
	F.	Frontispieces of Tihuanacu
Chapter X
	A.	Idols and their Worship
	B.	Morphological Considerations with Regards to the Most Archaic Idols of the First Period
	C.	The Most Archaic Idols of the First Period
	D.	Two Idols of the First Period Found Under the Waters of Lake Titicaca
	E.	The Idols of the Second Period of Tihuanacu "Kochamama"
	F.	Smaller Idols Beside the Railroad Line
	G.	A Flat Idol of the Second Period
	H.	"El Fraile"
	I.	The Idol of the Navigator at the Beginning of the Whart of Puma Punku
	J.	Idols of the Second Period Depicted by Stubel in his Atlas which are no longer in Existence
Chapter XI The Idols of the Third Period
	A.	"Pachamama"
	B.	The Details of the Idol Pachamama
	I.	Turban Crown
	II.	Face and Hair
	III.	Back, Shoulders and Chest
	IV.	Waist Band
	V.	Skirt, Legs and Feet
	C.	A Tentative Interpretation of the Hieroglyphics of the Idol "Pachamama". Based on Correlative Deductions from the Already Deciphered Inscriptions of the Sun Door
	D.	Humanized Zoomorphic Idols
	E.	Idols which Depict the "Chacha-puma"
	F.	Idols of Worship of the Third Period of Tihuanacu
	G.	The Gigantic Head of Tihuanacu
	H.	Anticephalic Idols
	I.	A Destroyed Idol, The Parts of which are Found in the Temple of the Sun, Kalasasaya and which is possibly the Image of Pachakama or "Pachatata"
	J.	A Black Idol in Realistic Form
	K.	A Puma
	L.	An Incomplete Zoomorphic Idol
	M.	Other Idols
Chapter XII Carved Pieces with Drawings for Facades
	A.	A Block with "Wari-Willka" Drawings
	B.	A Block of Facade with Allegorical Depictions
	C.	Various Blocks of Facades
Chapter XIII "Estelas"
Chapter XIV The Raw Material for the Monuments of Tihuanacu
	A.	The Quarry Technique and the Method of Dividing the Blocks
	B.	The Transportation of the Semi-worked Blocks from the Quarries to Tihuanacu
Chapter XV The Composition of the Stones of Tihuanacu
	A.	Blocks from the Great Platforms of Puma Punku and Sandstone Works in the Ruins of Tihuanacu
	A1.	"El Fraile"
	A2.	Perron of Kalasasaya
	A3.	Crauwake from the Foot of the Volcano "Kjapphia"
	A4.	The Sculptured Heads from the Walls of the Temple of the First Period
	B.	Blocks of Crystalline Structure (Volcanic)
	C.	A Block from the Sun Temple
	D.	One of the Pillars of Kalasasaya (Vol. I., Fig. 32)
	D1.	Palace of the Sarcophaguses (The Palace)
	E.	The So-called Door of the Pantheon
	F.	The Observation Stone (Vol. I., Fig. 34)
	G.	Black Stone of Tihuanacu
	H.	Tufa which Covers A Part of Kalasasaya
	I.	A Coupling or Bolt of Round Stone
	J.	Canal for the Conveyance of Drinking Water
	K.	Great Semi-worked Block in the State in which it was Brought from the Quarry. It is located a short Distance to the South-west of the Three Standstone Idols (Fig. 155)
	L.	A Gigantic Slab Placed in Puma Punku on Platform "D" Marked on Map VII, with the Letter "I" (Fig. 51)
	M.	A Carved Block in Puma Punku
	N.	The Model of a Facade of Puma Punku, Commonly Called the Writing Desk of the Inca (Fig. 85)
	O.	A Green Idol
	P.	The Green Idol of Pokotia (Figs. 91-94)
	Q.	Materials from the Volcanic Hill Kjapphia (Figs. 75-76)
	R.	Material from the Sides of the Volcanic Hill of Kjapphia
	S.	Conclusion of Petrographic Consideration

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