The archeological site of Chiripa Pata is located in the Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...

 region in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. It lays 15 km east of the city Chiripa and quite close to Pequery.

The site is seen as a pre-Tiwanaku

Tiwanaku

Tiwanaku, is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five...

 site and it was inhabited from 1000 BC to 1100 AD. It has a huge temple which has three building episodes. It has many tombes within.

The place was first described by Padre Pedro Marabini in the 20th century. Since 1990 there has been research at Chiripa by the Taraco Archeological Project from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

. This investigation is led by Christine Hastorf.

Trivia

• The site was an example for a 2001 dissertation by Matthew Bandy
• Local landowners say that the graves are arranged in a ring. The same structure which is found on the Chen Chen site in Moquegua
  Moquegua
  Moquegua is a city in southern Peru, located in the Moquegua Region, of which it is the regional capital. It is also capital of Mariscal Nieto Province and Moquegua District. It is located 1144 kilometers south from the capital city of Lima.-History:...
  
  

Etymology

The word chiripa is a Spanish noun which means fluke