Editing Lake Titicaca (section)

==Underwater archaeology==
Underwater excavations and surveys in and around Khoa reef, near the Island of Khoa, have recovered thousands of artifacts.<ref name=Williams2020>Williams, A.R., 2020. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20210226173054/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/centuries-old-inca-offering-discovered-sacred-lake Centuries-old Inca offering discovered in sacred lake.]'' National Geographic.</ref> These artifacts consist of ceramic feline incense burners, carved juvenile llamas, and well-crafted metal, shell, and stone ornaments. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Lake Titicaca was a mythical place and the location of a pilgrimage complex for the [[Inca|Incas]]. Part of this complex included Khoa reef as a location where offerings were dropped into the lake.<ref name=DelaereOthers2019> Delaere, C., Capriles, J.M. and Stanish, C., 2019. ''Underwater ritual offerings in the Island of the Sun and the formation of the Tiwanaku state.'' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(17): pp.8233-8238.</ref><ref name=DelaereOthers2020>Delaere, C. and Capriles, J.M., 2020. ''The context and meaning of an intact Inca underwater offering from Lake Titicaca.'' Antiquity, 94(376), pp.1030-1041.</ref>