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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Pikillaqta Ruins

Pikillaqta is a site built by the Wari civilisation between 500 and 1000 AD. This site has been determined to be an administrative site.
The site is divided  by the main road into Cusco. The south end site does not appear to be Wari construction but shows megalithic block work and Inca stone work.
Below is an example of a dwelling


Below is a 1.5km long roadway fortified by stone walls either side.



This is the south end construction which is at odds with the original site. My guess is the historians labelled it as Pikillaqta due to simplicity.


Here is a scene of locals washing their laundry from a stream that runs from a lake below the Pikillaqta site.


Here is another short video.



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