Tiwanaku

The drought persisted for several centuries , during which the Tiwanaku went into a slow decline .

干旱持续了若干世纪，在这期间提瓦那库慢慢衰落下去。

Several thousand years later , on the other side of the world , the Tiwanaku culture in South America faced a similar climate challenge .

几千年之后，在地球的另一端，南美洲的提瓦那库文明面临着相似的气候变化。

This ice core record shows close overlap between the time of the Tiwanaku abandonment and the start of an increasingly dry spell .

这个冰岩芯表明提瓦那库被遗弃的时间与一个越来越干燥的气候阶段的开始相吻合。

Between 300 B.C. and A.D. 1100 , the Tiwanaku built an urban complex that probably supported nearly half a million people .

在公元前300年到公元1100年之间，提瓦那库建立了城市综合系统，供养着将近50万人。

The empire of the Tiwanaku once ranged from what is now northern Chile to southern Peru . ( See a map of South America . ) Between roughly A.

这个Tiwanaku帝国，曾经从现在北边Chile到南边的Peru（看一下美国南部的地图）。

The finding confirms that predecessors of the Inca known as the Tiwanaku used mind-altering substances , and hints that the civilization relied on far-reaching trade networks to obtain the drugs .

这个发现证实在印加的Tiwanaku的一些先驱者们使用能改变精神状态的物质，并且暗示了他们的文明是建立在有广泛影响的交易网上，从而得到这些药物。