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The Carabaya Project consisted of reconaissance throughout the region of that name in Peru, with a focus on the Ollachea River Valley. We found evidence of both a substantial pre-Inka and Inka presence in the valley. To the left, my co-directors Charles Stanish and Pepe Nunez examine a Late Intermediate Period (pre-Inka) chullpa, or burial tower. |
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The site of Illincaya (right), on a point high above the Ollachea river. A series of Inka style ritual platforms was superimposed on an originally pre-Inka settlement. This pattern of superposition was utilized as a strategy of imperial control throughout the Ollachea valley, which was likely a primary route from the Inka capital of Cuzco to their gold mines. Gold was the sacred metal of the empire. |
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