On the cover: The site of Pucara, Peru, looking north, 1988.
Photo by Sergio Chavez.
By: Sergio J. Chavez
Despite its close proximity to the city of Cuzco, once the capital of the vast Inca empire, the Province of Chumbivilcas has been relatively isolated and is little known archaeologically (see box on Archaeological History of Chuinbivilcas, and map on p. 3). Previous limited archaeological work in Chumbivilcas revealed five Pucara-style stone sculptures, far from […]
By: Denise Carlevato
In the southern reaches of the Peruvian Andes lies a high, spacious plateau within the northern Lake Titicaca Basin (see map, p. 3). It is characterized by rolling topography of moderate relief, high altitude, and harsh climate: in general, it is dry and cold during the entire year, with rains exclusively in the months of […]
By: Catherine J. Julien
When Ephraim George Squier embarked on his exploration of highland Peru and Bolivia in 1864-65, he rode on muleback across routes that had served travelers for centuries. His published accounts of these journeys are still of value to archaeologists in this century, providing information about monuments that have since deteriorated. Squier made a special trip […]
By: Susan A. Niles
The Incas, at the time of the Spanish Conquest in 1532, occupied the largest of the native Precolumbian states, with an empire that stretched from Colombia to Chile. At the top of a complex hierarchy of administrators was the king, the ruling Inca, who was divine. The capital at Cuzco was the ceremonial and religious […]