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The
Killke culture occupied the region around
Cusco from 900 to 1200 A.D., prior to the arrival of the
Incas in the
1200s.
Killke culture flourished in
highland Peru in the
Late Intermediate Period around what is now
Cuzco. The massive fortress
Sacsayhuamán, was later used by the
Incas, was originally built by people of this culture in the twelfth century. In 2007, excavations uncovered a temple on the edge of the fortress, indicating religious as well as military use of the facility.
Archaeologists discovered, on
March 13 2008, the ruins of an another ancient temple, roadway and irrigation systems at
Sacsayhuamán, overlooking the
Inca capital of
Cuzco. Part of the temple was destroyed by dynamite blasts in the early 20th century, when the site was used as a stone quarry. The new excavations began in
June 2007 and will continue for another five years to
2012.
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Killke ceramics were first identified by John H. Rowe, though identified by him as early Inca. The vessels are often globular with vertical strap-handles, with simple linear geometric decorations of black or black on red over a white or buff slip .
Literature
- Dwyer, E. B. 1971. The Early Inca Occupation of the Valley of Cuzco, Peru. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
- Ixer, R. A. "The Petrography of Certain Pre-Spanish Pottery from Peru," http://www.goodprovenance.com/incapots.htm. Accessed 15 March, 2008.
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