Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru)
Huayna N Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age urban; Inca·🇵🇪 Cusco, Huayna Picchu, Peru
image:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona modified by Mariagata1959 · Public domain
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About Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru)
Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) in Cusco, Huayna Picchu, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age urban. Systematic survey and coring document radiocarbon sequence. The site includes a principal necropolis and ancillary settlement. Dimensions city wall circuit 1.2 km; area 18 ha; area 11.2 ha. Excavation partially-excavated; condition submerged. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age urban ancient-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 2720 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age urban; Inca
- Builders
- Bronze Age urban
- Purpose
- Urban centre with palace and temple precinct
- Rediscovered
- 2001
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1026 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1938
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1568 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
13.2600° S · 72.5300° W · 2720 m · 4 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) — structure with stratified deposits13.2610° S · 72.5290° W
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) — complex with stratified deposits13.2600° S · 72.5318° W
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) — outlier with stratified deposits13.2589° S · 72.5301° W
- Reservoir/CisternhydraulicReservoir/Cistern at Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) — hydraulic with stratified deposits13.2620° S · 72.5291° W
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