Archaeological Sites in Peru
City/town/settlement in Peru (201)
Amaru Marka Wasi
Amaru Marka Wasi (also known as Amarumarcahuasi, Salunniyuq, Salunpunku, or Templo de la Luna) is an archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District,…
Ancon Archaeological Site
One of Peru's most important archaeological sites, located on the central coast in the Bay of Ancon, with evidence of continuous human occupation spanning 10,000 years from the…
Anku
Anku is an archaeological settlement in the Peruvian Andes, located in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Tantamayo District at approximately 3,900 meters (12,795 ft)…
Asana, Peru
A high-altitude archaeological site at 3,430 m elevation along the Asana River in the south-central Andes, occupied for roughly 8,000 years beginning c. 8500 BC. Excavated by Mark…
Aspero
Late Preceramic coastal settlement at the mouth of the Supe River in Peru, occupied from roughly 3700 to 1800 BC. Part of the Caral-Supe (Norte Chico) civilization, the 14-hectare…
Auga Punta
Auga Punta is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Jircan District. It is situated at an elevation of ca. 3,700 m (12,100 ft) on a…
Auquilohuagra
Pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Huanuco Region of Peru, located in Yarowilca Province, Obas District. The name possibly derives from Quechua awkillu (deity) and waqra…
Awkimarka, Apurímac
Awkimarka is an archaeological site in Peru's Apurímac Region, situated on a mountain of the same name at approximately 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) elevation. Located in the…
Awkimarka, Huánuco
A pre-Columbian settlement in Peru's Huánuco Region, Ambo Province, Tomay Kichwa District. The name derives from Quechua awki (prince/grandfather) and marka (village). The site is…
Aya Muqu
An archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Chipao District. The name derives from Quechua aya (corpse) and muqu (hill), meaning "corpse hill". The site…
Bandurria, Peru
A major Late Preceramic archaeological site on the Huaura River near Huacho, Peru, dated to approximately 3200 BCE, making it one of the oldest monumental sites in the Americas…
Caral-Supe
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe is a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Peru's Supe Valley, 182 km north of Lima and 23 km from the coast at 350 m elevation. Dating to roughly…
Casma-Sechin Culture
The Casma-Sechin culture (c. 3600-200 BC) encompasses a large concentration of prehistoric ruins in the Casma and Sechin river valleys of coastal Peru. Sechin Bajo, with a…
Cerro Pátapo Ruins
The Cerro Pátapo ruins, also called Northern Wari ruins, are the remains of a pre-Columbian city located near present-day Chiclayo, Peru. The settlement was built by the Wari…
Cerro Sechín
Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in Casma Province, Ancash Region, northern Peru, dating to 1600 BC. Discovered by Peruvian archaeologists Julio C. Tello and Toribio Mejía…
Chan Chan
Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimu kingdom (c. 900-1470 AD) and the largest adobe city in the Americas, covering approximately 20 square kilometers near modern Trujillo, Peru.…
Cheqollo
Cheqollo (from Quechua for 'nightingale') is a pre-Hispanic archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, located in San Jeronimo District north of the town of San Jeronimo. The…
Chipaw Marka
Chipaw Marka is a pre-Hispanic hilltop settlement in the Sondondo Valley of Peru's Ayacucho Region, at approximately 3,355 metres elevation. Occupied during the Late Intermediate…
Choquepuquio
Choquepuquio is an ancient Wari site in the Cusco valley, situated in Quispicanchi Province, Lucre District, near the village of Huacarpay and its lake, approximately 20 km east…
Choquequirao
Choquequirao is a 16th-century Incan site in the Cusco Region of southern Peru, often called the "sister city" of Machu Picchu due to similar structure and architecture. The…
Choquequirao Puquio
Choquequirao Puquio is an Inca-era archaeological site in the San Sebastian District of Cusco Province, Peru, situated north of the town of San Sebastian. Its Quechua name…
Cochabamba Archaeological Site
Cochabamba is an Inca-period archaeological site located in the Amazonas Region of northern Peru, specifically in the Chachapoyas Province, Chuquibamba District, near the village…
Cochapata
Cochapata (also spelled Qochapata) is an archaeological site located in the district of Huayopata, La Convención Province, in the Cusco region of Peru.
Colcampata
Colcampata (also Qolqanpata) is an Inca archaeological site on the heights of Cusco, Peru, south of Sacsayhuaman. Attributed to Manco Capac, the mythical first Inca ruler, it is…
Collor
Collor is an archaeological site in Peru, situated in the Cajamarca Region, Cajamarca Province, Namora District. The site lies at a height of about 2,970 metres (9,744 ft) on a…
Condorcaga
Condorcaga is a Chavin-influenced archaeological zone in the Chota Province, Lajas District, Cajamarca region of Peru. The hilltop site features a pre-Inca chullpa (stone tower)…
El Paraíso, Peru
3500-1800 BC: El Paraíso (also called Chuquitanta) is a Late Preceramic archaeological site in the Chillón Valley on the central coast of Peru, located several kilometers north of…
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Gran Pajatén
A hilltop archaeological site of the Chachapoya civilization in the Rio Abiseo National Park, northern Peru, at elevations reaching 2,850 metres. Originally 26 structures were…
Gran Saposoa
A series of ruins in the Andean cloud forests of Peru's Amazonas region, brought to international attention by explorer Gene Savoy in 1999. The site complex covers an estimated 25…
Gran Vilaya
Gran Vilaya is an extensive pre-Incan archaeological complex in the Utcubamba Valley, northern Peru, dating to 500–1000 AD during the Chachapoya culture. Located west of the…
Guellayhuasin
Guellayhuasin (from Quechua q'illay 'iron' and wasi 'house') is an archaeological site in Peru's Pasco region, northwest of Pallanchacra village at 3,167 m elevation. Radiocarbon…
Hatunmarka
Hatunmarka (also Jatun Malca) is an archaeological site in Peru's Junín Region, situated in the Marco District of Jauja Province. Dating to the Late Horizon period (approximately…
Hatun Misapata
Hatun Misapata is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, situated in the Lucanas Province, Aucara District, within the high Andes mountains. The name derives from…
Hatun Usnu
Hatun Usnu (also known as Qatun Ushno de Toccto) is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Huamanga Province, Chiara District. The name means "big usnu" in Quechua,…
Honcopampa
Honcopampa is a Middle Horizon (AD 550-1000) archaeological site at 3,475m elevation on the western flank of Peru's Cordillera Blanca. The ruins feature impressive multistoried…
Huaca Casa Rosada
Huaca Casa Rosada is an archaeological site in the San Miguel district of Lima, Peru, spanning approximately 5,300 square meters. The site features a square-shaped adobe and…
Huaca Prieta
Huaca Prieta ("Black Pyramid") is a preceramic archaeological site at the mouth of the Chicama River in northern Peru, part of the El Brujo Archaeological Complex. Human presence…
Huacramarca
Huacramarca (also spelled Waqramarka) is an archaeological settlement on a mountain of the same name in Peru. The site is located southeast of Contrahierbas, near the village…
Hualpayunca
Hualpayunca is a pre-Inca archaeological citadel in the Obas District of the Huanuco region, Peru, situated between 3,700 and 3,800 meters above sea level on the right side of the…
Huamanmarca, La Convención
Huamanmarca (Quechua for "Lands of the Falcon") is an Inca administrative complex in Huayopata District, La Convencion Province, Cusco Region, Peru, on the right bank of the…
Huari Archaeological Site
Wari (also Huari) is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, located 22 km northeast of Ayacucho city near Quinua at 2,600–2,900 m elevation. It served as the capital of…
Huayrapongo
Huayrapongo (Quechua: wayra "wind" + punku "door"), also known as Ventanillas de la Playa El Tambo, is an archaeological site on the mountain of the same name in Llapa District,…
Huayuri
Huayuri, the "Lost City," is a pre-Columbian settlement in Santa Cruz District, Palpa Province, Ica Region, Peru, at 500 m elevation about 80 km from the Pacific. Flourishing from…
Huchuy Qosqo
Huchuy Qosqo is an Incan archaeological site in Peru's Sacred Valley, at 3,650 m elevation. Its name means "Little Cuzco" in Quechua. The site sits 3 km west of Lamay town,…
Huichún
Huichún is an archaeological site in Peru. The site consists of houses, stone tombs (chullpa), deposits (qullqa) and enclosures. Huichún is situated in the village of Cochamarca…
Huillca Raccay
An archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, situated southeast of Patallacta above the right bank of the Pampa Qhawa river near Chamana village. The site…
Huiñao
Huiñao is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, rising to 3,645 metres (11,959 ft) in the Cotahuasi District of La Unión Province, Arequipa Region. What distinguishes this mountain…
Inca Complex at Písac
A large Inca complex spanning over 4 sq km along a mountain ridge above the town of Pisac in Peru's Sacred Valley, about 30 km from Cusco. Attributed to Emperor Pachacuti, the…
Incahuasi, Lima
Incahuasi (also Incawasi) is an archaeological site in Peru's Lima Region, Cañete Province, within the Lunahuaná District. Dating to the Late Horizon period of the Andes…
Ingatambo
A Formative Period ceremonial center on a natural plateau at 1,066 m elevation in the Huancabamba Valley, Jaen Province, Cajamarca Region, Peru. Excavations led by Atsushi…
Inka Raqay, Apurímac
Inka Raqay (or Inkaraqay) is a small Inca archaeological complex in Peru's Apurímac Region, Abancay Province, Cachora District. Located at 3,590 metres (11,778 ft) on the northern…
Inka Raqay, Ayacucho
An Inca archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Huanta Province, Iguain District, situated on top of the mountain Allqu Willka. The name derives from Quechua, where "Inka"…
Inka Tampu, Huayopata
An Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, La Convencion Province, Huayopata District, at approximately 2,127 m elevation. The name means "Inca inn" in Quechua,…
Inka Tampu, Vilcabamba
An Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, La Convencion Province, Vilcabamba District, situated atop a mountain also named Inka Tampu. The name means "Inca inn" in…
Inka Tunuwiri
Inka Tunuwiri (Hispanicized: Incatunuhuiri) is an archaeological site in Peru's Puno Region, located between the districts of Chucuito and Puno, southeast of the village Ichu. The…
Inka Wasi, Ayacucho
Inka Wasi (Quechua for "Inca house") is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Parinacochas Province, Pullo District. The site comprises a set of old buildings and…
Inkilltambo
Inkilltambo (Quechua for "flowery garden") is an Inca archaeological site in the Cusco Region, San Sebastian District, approximately 7 km northeast of Cusco's historic center at…
Intikancha, Puno
Intikancha is a mountain and archaeological site in the Andes of Peru at approximately 4,400 m elevation, located between Lampa Province (Nicasio District) and San Roman Province…
Intini Uyu Pata
Intini Uyu Pata (also called Inti Uyu) is an archaeological site in Peru's Puno Region, Yunguyo Province, between the districts of Ollaraya and Unicachi, at 3,867 m elevation. The…
Inti Watana, Ayacucho
Inca elite retreat and ceremonial complex at 3,126 m elevation beside Lake Pumaqucha ("Puma Lake" in Quechua) near Vischongo, Vilcas Huaman Province. The 3,000 m2 complex features…
Inti Watana, Calca
Inti Watana is an Inca archaeological site in the Pisac District of Calca Province, Cusco Region, Peru. The name means 'hitching post of the sun' in Quechua, referring to a carved…
Iskuqucha
Iskuqucha (from Quechua isku 'lime' and qucha 'lake') is an archaeological site in Peru's Junin Region, Yauli Province, La Oroya District. The site was declared a National…
Isog
Isog is an archaeological site in Peru's Huanuco Region, Huamalies Province, Tantamayo District, declared National Cultural Heritage in 2002. It lies on the northern slope of Mt.…
Jisk'a Iru Muqu
Jisk'a Iru Muqu is a pre-Columbian open-air site in the Aymara community of Jachacachi, 54 km southeast of Puno, Peru, at 3,890 m elevation in the Lake Titicaca Basin. Occupied…
K'allapayuq Urqu
K'allapayuq Urqu is a Chanka archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, situated atop a mountain of the same name in the La Mar Province, Anco District, between the…
Kanamarka
Kanamarka is a pre-Inca archaeological site at 4,050 m elevation in Espinar Province, Cusco, Peru, serving as the capital of the K'ana nation. The site features circular and…
Kenko, Puno
Kenko (Q'inq'u) is an archaeological site in the Acora District, Puno Region of Peru, at approximately 4,000 meters elevation. The site contains four chullpas (above-ground burial…
Killarumiyuq
Killarumiyuq is an archaeological park in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Ancahuasi District.
K'ipakhara
K'ipakhara (Hispanicized as Quepacara) is an archaeological site in the Huanuco Region of Peru, situated in Huamalies Province, Llata District. The site lies southeast of Llata…
Kotosh
Kotosh is an archaeological site near the town of Huánuco, Peru, dating to 4500–3000 BC. It features six periods of continuous occupation and reveals three cultural phases—Kotosh,…
Kuélap
Kuelap is a walled fortress-city built by the Chachapoyas ("Warriors of the Clouds") in northern Peru's Amazonas region, perched at 3,000 meters above sea level overlooking the…
Kunturmarka, Ayacucho
Kunturmarka (Quechua: kuntur "condor" + marka "village") is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Huanta Province, Huamanguilla District. The site dates to…
Kunturmarka, Pasco
Kunturmarka is a pre-Columbian archaeological settlement in Peru's Pasco Region, dating to 1000–1500 AD. Located in the Paucartambo District of Pasco Province, the complex…
La Centinela
La Centinela is an archaeological site in Peru's Chincha Valley, approximately 200 km south of Lima. It served as an active administrative center during both the Inca and pre-Inca…
Las Haldas
Las Haldas is a large archaeological complex on the Pacific coast of Peru, approximately 300 km north of Lima and 20 km south of the Casma River valley. Dating to the Initial…
Llactan
An archaeological site in the La Peca District of Bagua Province, Amazonas Region, Peru, also known as Anguyo Alto, situated at an elevation of 1,063 metres. The site features…
Llamuqa
A sacred mountain (apu) with extensive archaeological remains in the Arequipa Region of Peru, rising to approximately 4,487 metres in the Andes. The name means 'black stone of…
Llaqta Qulluy, Acoria
Llaqta Qulluy is an archaeological site in Peru's Huancavelica Region, Acoria District, whose Quechua name means "extinct town" (llaqta = place/village, qulluy = to die out). It…
Llaqta Qulluy, Conayca
Llaqta Qulluy is an archaeological settlement in the Andean highlands of Peru, situated on a mountain of the same name in the Huancavelica Region, Conayca District. Dating to the…
Llaqta Qulluy, Tayacaja
Llaqta Qulluy is an Incan-era archaeological site perched on a 3,960-metre-high mountain in Peru's Huancavelica Region, Tayacaja Province, Ahuaycha District. The settlement,…
Llaqta Qulluy, Vilca
Llaqta Qulluy is an archaeological site in Peru's Huancavelica Region, Vilca District, whose Quechua name translates to "extinct town". Dating to the late pre-Hispanic period (c.…
Machu Colca
Machu Colca (Machuqolqa) is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Huayllabamba District, located a few minutes outside Chinchero at approximately…
Machu Pirqa
Machu Pirqa (Quechua for "old wall") is a Chachapoyas funerary site in Peru's Amazonas Region, situated at 1,900 m on the left bank of the Kuntichaka River near the entrance of…
Machu Pitumarka
Machu Pitumarka is an archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, situated at 3,465 m above sea level near the Ausangate snow-capped…
Machu Q'inti
Machu Q'inti (Quechua for "old hummingbird") is an Inca-period archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, within Machupicchu District. It is situated above the…
Mallkuamaya
Mallkuamaya is an archaeological site in the Puno Region of Peru, located approximately 15 km southwest of the city of Puno. The name likely derives from the Aymara words mallku…
Marayniyoq
Marayniyoq is a Middle Horizon Wari archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley, Peru, located at the border of Huanta and Huamanga provinces in the Vega Pampa plain. Excavations…
Maray Qalla
Maray Qalla is an archaeological site in Peru's Ancash Region. Located in Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald Province, the site lies along a section of the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca road system.
Marcahuamachuco
Marcahuamachuco is a pre-Incan archaeological complex in La Libertad Region, Peru, spanning approximately 5 square kilometres at an altitude of 3,650 metres. Named 'Town of Men…
Markansaya
Markansaya (also Hatun Markansaya) is a pre-Inca archaeological site in Peru's Apurimac Region, Cotabambas Province, Haquira District. Situated on a hilltop covering approximately…
Markapukyu
Markapukyu is a pre-Columbian archaeological settlement in the Pasco Region of Peru, located at 3,787 metres (12,425 ft) above sea level in the Yarusyacán District of Pasco…
Marpa, Peru
Marpa is a ruined pre-Hispanic town in the Cotahuasi Canyon in southern Peru's Andes, one of the world's deepest canyons at around 3,400 metres deep. The ruins straddle both sides…
Mawk'allaqta, Castilla
Mawk'allaqta (Quechua for "ancient place") is an Inca ceremonial-administrative complex at 3,700 metres elevation above San Antonio village in Pampacolca District, Castilla…
Mawk'allaqta, Espinar
Mawk'allaqta (originally called Hanq'oqawa) is a pre-Inca and Inca archaeological site in Espinar Province, Cusco Region, Peru, situated on the banks of the Apurimac River within…
Mawk'allaqta, La Unión
Mawk'allaqta (also Mawk'a Llaqta) is an archaeological complex in Peru's Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, situated approximately 2 kilometers from Puyca. The…
Mawk'allaqta, Melgar
Mawk'allaqta (Quechua: mawk'a "ancient" + llaqta "place") is an archaeological site in the Nunoa District, Melgar Province, Puno Region of southern Peru. The site was declared a…
Mawk'allaqta, Paruro
Mawk'allaqta (Quechua for "ancient village") is an Inca archaeological complex in the Cusco Region, Paruro Province, at approximately 3,800 m elevation. The site spans over 2 km…
Mawk'allaqta, Sandia
Mawk'allaqta (also Mawk'a Llaqta) is an archaeological settlement in the Puno Region of southeastern Peru, located in the Sandia Province within the Sandia District. Dating to the…
Mawk'ataray
Mawk'ataray (Quechua: mawk'a "ancient" + Taray, meaning "old Taray") is an Inca-period archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru, situated in Calca Province, Taray District.…
Millka
Millka is an archaeological site of the Chanka culture in Peru's Ayacucho Region, situated on a mountain peak at 3,500m elevation northeast of Sarhua in Victor Fajardo Province.…
Mirq'imarka
Mirq'imarka is an archaeological site in the Puno Region, Moho Province, Moho District of Peru. The name means "old or destroyed village" in Aymara, reflecting the site's ancient…
Miyu Pampa
Miyu Pampa (from Quechua miyu pampa, meaning "poison plain") is an archaeological site in the Huanuco Region of Peru, located in the Huamalies Province, Jircan District. The site…
Molloko
Molloko is an archaeological site in the Puno Region of Peru, about 5 km south of Acora near Lake Titicaca. The site features five fieldstone chullpas (funerary towers) arranged…
Mulinuyuq
Mulinuyuq is an archaeological site located in the Huanta Province of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.
Mullu Q'awa
Mullu Q'awa is a pre-Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Alto Pichigua District, situated atop a mountain at approximately 4,000 metres elevation.…
Muyu Muyu
An archaeological complex in the Apurimac Region, Chincheros Province, Uranmarca District, Peru. The Quechua name means 'complex of circles,' referring to groupings of circular…
Muyu Urqu
An archaeological site and prominent hill at 3,482 meters elevation in the Cusco Region, Santiago District, Peru, on the right bank of the Watanay River. The Quechua name…
Ñawpallaqta, Fajardo
Nawpallaqta (Quechua for "ancient place") is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Victor Fajardo Province, on the border of the Cayara and Huancapi districts.…
Ñawpallaqta, Huanca Sancos
Nawpallaqta (Quechua for "ancient place") is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region of Peru, located in Huanca Sancos Province, Carapo District. The site has been declared…
Ñawpallaqta, Lucanas
Nawpallaqta (Quechua for "ancient place") is an archaeological site in Peru situated atop a mountain of the same name in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, San Cristobal…
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Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo is a major Inca archaeological site in Peru's Sacred Valley, 72 km northwest of Cusco at 2,792 m elevation. Built in the mid-15th century as the royal estate of…
Pacatnamu
Pacatnamu is an archaeological site at the mouth of the Jequetepeque Valley on Peru's northern coast, protected by rocky cliffs on two sides and a manmade wall on the third. The…
Pachacamac
Pachacamac is an archaeological site in the Valley of the Lurín River, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Lima, Peru. First settled around A.D. 200, it was named after Pacha Kamaq, the…
Pampas Gramalote
Pampas Gramalote was a Prehispanic fishing village near Huanchaco, Peru, existing from 2000 to 1200 BC. It is the oldest archaeological settlement known in the area, representing…
Pañamarca
Panamarca is the southernmost monumental Moche site in Peru, constructed atop a granite hill in the lower Nepena Valley and occupied c. 350-850 CE. The site features an imposing…
Paraccra Archaeological Site
Paraccra is an archaeological site in the Andes of Peru, situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Sibayo District, near the Colca River. The site sits on a mountain of…
Patallacta
Patallacta (also Llactapata or Q'ente Marka) is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, situated southeast of Machu Picchu at…
Pernil Alto
The Pernil Alto archaeological site is located in the Rio Grande District of Palpa province in Peru's Ica Region. Excavations revealed that inhabitants adopted agriculture between…
Pilluchu
Pilluchu is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region of Peru, situated atop a mountain of the same name in the Vilcas Huamán Province, Vilcas Huamán District, southwest of…
Pinkuylluna
Pinkuylluna is a 15th-century Inca archaeological site on a steep mountainside overlooking Ollantaytambo in Peru's Sacred Valley. Its name means "place where the pinkuyllu plays,"…
Pirca Pirca, La Libertad
Pirca Pirca is an archaeological settlement in the highlands of Peru's La Libertad Region, situated on a mountain of the same name in the Bolívar Province, Uchumarca District. The…
Pirca Pirca, Lima
Pirca Pirca is an archaeological settlement in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District, situated in the high-altitude zone near Lake Paucarcocha. Declared National…
Pirwayuq
Pirwayuq is an archaeological settlement in the Peruvian highlands dating to 1–500 AD, corresponding to the Early Horizon to Early Intermediate periods. Located in the…
Pukara, Coporaque
Pukara is an archaeological site in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Coporaque District of Peru. The ruins consist of buildings, stone tombs known as chullpa, storage…
Pukarani, Peru
Pukarani is a large hilltop archaeological site in the Andes of Peru at approximately 4,300 metres elevation, located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Nicasio District.…
Pukara, Víctor Fajardo
Pukara is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region of Peru, located in the Víctor Fajardo Province, Sarhua District. The site sits on the bank of the Lucanamarca River, west…
Pukara, Vilcas Huamán
Pukara is a Chanca-affiliated hilltop archaeological site at 3,700 m elevation in the Ayacucho puna region, encompassing approximately 5 hectares. The site contains circular…
Puka Urqu, Ayacucho
Puka Urqu (Quechua for "red mountain") is a mountaintop archaeological site at 3,800 m elevation in the Lucanas Province of Ayacucho. The pre-Incan settlement features stone…
Pumamarka, San Sebastián
Pumamarka (Aymara and Quechua: puma meaning "cougar" and marka meaning "village", i.e. "puma village") is an archaeological park in Peru's Cusco Region, situated in the San…
Pumamarka, Urubamba
Pumamarka (Quechua "puma village") is an Inca fortress-settlement 6 km north of Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, originally built by the Wari civilization and later reused by…
Puntay Urqu
Puntay Urqu is a mountain and archaeological site at 3,267 m elevation in the Carhuanca District of Vilcas Huaman Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru. The site lies between the…
Puqin Kancha
Puqin Kancha is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru, located in the Santiago District near the city of Cusco. The site features a wall constructed on the mountain…
Puruchuco
Puruchuco, meaning 'feather hat' in Quechua, is an Inca-period administrative center in Lima's Ate district, Peru, dating to 1440-1532 AD. The complex served as the palace of a…
Purunllacta, Cheto
Purunllacta (Cheto) is a Chachapoya culture settlement in Peru's Amazonas Region. Located in the Chachapoyas Province's Cheto District on a mountain of the same name, it lies…
Purunllacta, Soloco
Purunllacta de Soloco is a Chachapoyas culture archaeological site in the Amazonas Region of Peru, at 2,407 meters elevation. Dating to AD 1100-1300, the fortified five-hectare…
Puyupatamarca
Puyupatamarca (Phuyupatamarca) is an Inca archaeological site at 3,600 meters elevation along the Inca Trail in Peru's Urubamba Valley, known as 'La Ciudad entre la Niebla' (The…
Q'asa Pata
Q'asa Pata is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, located in Lucanas Province, Aucara District. It was officially declared a National Cultural Heritage site in 2003,…
Qhapaq Kancha
Qhapaq Kancha (Quechua for 'principal corral') is an Inca-period archaeological site in Peru, located atop a mountain of the same name in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Coya…
Qillqatani
A rock shelter at 4,400 m elevation along the Rio Chila in the southwestern Lake Titicaca Basin, first systematically excavated by Aldenderfer in 1990. Archaeologists identified…
Quishuar Archaeological Site
Quishuar is an archaeological site in Peru's Ancash Region, Yungay Province, located in the southern Yanama District. Situated at approximately 3,200 meters above sea level in the…
Qullqapampa
Qullqapampa is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, situated in the San Sebastián District of Cusco Province. Dating to the Inca period between 1000 and 1500 AD,…
Qulu Qulu
Qulu Qulu is an archaeological site in the Puno Region of southeastern Peru, situated in the Patambuco District of Sandia Province. Dating to the Postclassic period (1200–1500…
Qunchamarka
An Inca-period archaeological site in Machupicchu District, Cusco Region, situated between the ruins of Sayaqmarka and Phuyupatamarka along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.…
Qunchupata, Ayacucho
Qunchupata (also Conchopata) is an archaeological complex in the suburbs of Ayacucho, Peru, belonging to the Wari culture that flourished between 500 and 1100 AD. The site was a…
Qurimarka, Apurímac
An archaeological site in the Apurimac Region of Peru, situated in Abancay Province, Huanipaca District. The name derives from Quechua "quri" (gold) and "marka" (village or…
Qurimarka, Cusco
Qurimarka is an Inca archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru, located in Urubamba Province within Ollantaytambo District. Situated along the river Rayanniyuq, it belongs…
Quriwayrachina, Anta
Quriwayrachina (also Quri Wayrachina) is an archaeological site with agricultural terraces in Peru's Cusco Region, Anta Province. Dating to the Early Horizon and Middle Horizon…
Quriwayrachina, Ayacucho
Quriwayrachina is an Inca period archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Carmen Salcedo District. The settlement sits near the mountain Inka Pallanka,…
Quriwayrachina, La Convención
(1438-1530 AD) Quriwayrachina is an Inca settlement discovered in 2001 in the Willkapampa mountain range within Peru's Cusco Region. Located in the Santa Teresa District of La…
Quri Winchus
Quri Winchus is an archaeological site in Peru's Junín Region featuring circular building remains from the Wanka period. Located in the Canchayllo District of Jauja Province at…
Raqch'i
Raqch'i is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, situated at 3,480 meters above sea level along the Vilcanota River, approximately 110 km from Cusco. Known as the…
Rumiwasi
Inca archaeological site in San Sebastian District, Cusco, also known as Phaqchayoc, located about 8 km from Cusco's central plaza. The complex comprises several groups of Inca…
Runayoc
Runayoc is an archaeological settlement dating to 1–500 AD (Early Horizon to Early Intermediate periods), located on a mountain of the same name in the Huancavelica Region of…
Runkuraqay
Runkuraqay is an Inca archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru, located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. Dating to the Inca period…
Sayacmarca
Sayacmarca is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region. Located in the Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, it sits southwest of Runkuraqay and the Runkuraqay pass,…
Sechin Bajo
Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site in Peru's Sechin River valley, 12 km from the Pacific Ocean and 330 km northwest of Lima. Ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE make it…
Susupillo
Susupillo is an archaeological site on the northern slope of Susupillo mountain in the Andes of Peru, at over 3,800 m elevation in the Tantamayo District of Huanuco Region. The…
T'akaq
T'akaq is a nearly 4,000-metre-high (13,123 ft) mountain and archaeological site in the Huanuco Region of Peru, located 3.5 km north of Chavinillo in Yarowilca Province.…
Tambo Viejo
Tambo Viejo is a 44-hectare archaeological site in the Arequipa region of southern Peru. The settlement was occupied from the Early Intermediate period through the Inca era until…
Tampu Mach'ay, Huancavelica
Tampu Mach'ay is an archaeological site in Peru's Huancavelica Region, situated in the Tayacaja Province's Acostambo District near the town square at approximately 3,400 meters…
Tanqa Tanqa
Tanqa Tanqa is a major archaeological pukara (fortified hilltop settlement) of the Lupaca culture, located approximately 15 km southwest of Zepita in Puno Region, Peru, at an…
Taqrachullu
Taqrachullu, also known as Pukara Taqrachullu or Maria Fortaleza, is an archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Suykutambo District, at an elevation of 3,800…
Tarmatambo
Tarmatambo is an Inca highland settlement active from approximately 1400-1530 CE in the Junin Region of Peru. The site served as an administrative center connecting the central…
Tinyaq
Tinyaq (also called Quri Willka) is an Inca archaeological site in Peru featuring storehouses (qollqa) constructed on a mountain of the same name. The site is situated in the…
Tipón
Tipón is a sprawling early 15th-century Inca archaeological park situated 22 km southeast of Cusco at elevations between 3,250-3,960 m above sea level. The site is enclosed by a 6…
Titiqaqa, Cusco
Titiqaqa (Quechua: titi "lead-colored" + qaqa "rock"; also spelled Teteqaqa) is an Inca carved-rock shrine in northeastern Cusco, Peru. The massive limestone outcrop was carefully…
Tumshukayko
Tumshukayko is a pre-Inca archaeological site near Caraz in the Ancash Region of Peru, dating back approximately 5,500 years, making it among the oldest temples in the central…
Tunanmarca
Tunanmarca was the capital of the Huanca (Wanka) nation, a pre-Inca settlement located at 3,859 meters elevation in the Yanamarca valley near Jauja, Peru. Occupied from…
Tupu Inka
Tupu Inka is an archaeological site located in the Puno Region of southwestern Peru, within the Yunguyo Province and Unicachi District.
Uchkus Inkañan
Uchkus Inkanan is an archaeological complex at 3,800 m elevation in the Yauli District of Huancavelica, Peru, on the left bank of the Ichu River. Occupation dates from 1200 BC…
Usnu, Ayacucho
The Usnu (Ushnu) at Vilcashuaman is a truncated Inca ceremonial pyramid of five stacked platforms, reaching about eight meters in height, built with finely worked stone. Ordered…
Usnu, Huánuco
Usnu is an archaeological site in Peru's central highlands, located in the Huánuco Region, Pachitea Province, Umari District at an elevation of approximately 2,833 meters (9,295…
Usnu Muqu
Usnu Muqu is an Inca ushnu -- a ceremonial stone platform -- located near Tamburco's main plaza in Apurimac, Peru, at 2,610 m elevation. Built during the 15th-16th centuries, it…
Usqunta
Usqunta is a prehispanic archaeological site in the Lucanas Province of Ayacucho, Peru, situated on a mountain reaching approximately 4,400 meters above sea level. Located on the…
Uyu Uyu
Uyu Uyu is a pre-Inca citadel built by the Collaguas civilization around 1300 AD in the Colca Valley, Arequipa, Peru, at 3,570 meters elevation. Spanning approximately five…
Viracochapampa
Viracochapampa (also Huiracochapampa or Wiracochapampa) is an archaeological site in the La Libertad region of Peru, representing one of the administrative centers of the Wari…
Vitcos
Vitcos (also known as Rosaspata) was a residence for Inca nobles and a ceremonial centre of the Neo-Inca State (1537–1572 AD). The ruins sit on a ridge overlooking the confluence…
Wamanilla
Wamanilla (also known as Huamanilla or Misayuq Pata) is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region of Peru, straddling the Huanca Sancos and Victor Fajardo provinces at…
Wamanmarka, Chumbivilcas
Wamanmarka (Quechua "population of eagles") is a pre-Inca and Inca citadel at 3,600 m elevation near Santo Tomas in Cusco Region. The complex features terraced circular plazas,…
Wamanmarka, Lima
Wamanmarka is a pre-Hispanic archaeological settlement in the highland Yauyos Province of Lima Region, Peru. Located at 3,800 meters elevation in the Carania District, the…
Waman Pirqa
Waman Pirqa is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region. Located in the Carmen Salcedo District near Antamarka, the settlement features stone structures and agricultural…
Wanakawri, Huánuco
Wanakawri is an archaeological site in the Huanuco Region, Huanuco Province, Chinchao District, situated southeast of San Pablo de Pillao at approximately 3,359 m elevation. The…
Waqrapukara
Waqrapukara (c. 1000-1500 AD) is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, situated at 4,300 m (14,100 ft) above sea level near the Apurímac River. Originally…
Waqutu
Waqutu (also spelled Waqoto) is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region, spanning the districts of San Jeronimo and Saylla. The name in Quechua refers to an apu (mountain…
Warahirka
Warahirka is a mountain with an archaeological site in the Huánuco Region of Peru, located in the Yarowilca Province, Pampamarca District, about 1.5 km (1 mi) from Pampamarca,…
Waraqayuq
Waraqayuq (also Warak'ayuq) is an archaeological site in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes, situated at approximately 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) above sea level in the…
Waraqu Urqu
(13th century AD) Waraqu Urqu is a Chanka archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, located in La Mar Province within the Anco District. The site sits at an elevation of…
Warawtampu
Warawtampu (Huarautambo) is an Inca rest station and sanctuary in the Pasco Region, built between 1460-1470 during the reign of Pachakutiq at 3,600 m elevation. Positioned along…
Wari Willka
Wari Willka (also Wariwillka) is an archaeological site in Peru's Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Huancan District.
Waruq
Waruq is an archaeological site in Peru's Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, Chavinillo District.
Wat'a, Cusco
Wat'a (Quechua for "island") is an archaeological zone in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Huarocondo District, situated atop the Pachar ravine north of Huarocondo. The complex…
Wat'a, Huánuco
Wat'a is an archaeological site in the Huanuco Region, Huamalies Province, Singa District, located in the community of Bella Flores north of Singa. The site sits at approximately…
Wayna Q'inti
Wayna Q'inti is an Incan archaeological settlement in Peru's Cusco Region. Located in the Machupicchu District, the site sits above the left bank of the Willkanuta River, forming…
Wayna Tawqaray
Wayna Tawqaray is an archaeological settlement in Peru's Cusco Region, situated approximately 5 km southeast of Cusco at 3,600 meters elevation on the slopes of Mount Tawqaray.…
Wichqana
Wichqana is an Early Horizon ceremonial center in the Ayacucho Valley, Peru, active from approximately 1200-800 BC during the Kishka Pata period. Located on a western slope of Uma…
Wilca
Archaeological complex in the Utcubamba Province, Amazonas Region, Peru, near the Comboca stream valley in the Cajaruro District. The site contains numerous circular houses built…
Wilcahuaín
Major Wari culture site 7 km northeast of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru, at 3,400m elevation. The centerpiece is a three-story stone mausoleum (10.7 x 15.6m) containing 19 interior…
Wiñay Wayna
Inca archaeological site at 2,700m elevation built in the mid-15th century under Pachacutec, located 5 km southeast of Machu Picchu along the Inca Trail. The name means 'Forever…
Wiraqucha Pirqa
Wiraqucha Pirqa is an archaeological site in Peru's Huancavelica Region, located in the Quito-Arma District at an elevation of 3,781 metres (12,405 ft). The site features a small…
Yanaca
Yanaca is a pre-Incan archaeological site in Peru's Apurimac Region, Aymaraes Province. Located in the Andes between Quechua and Suni ecological zones, the settlement predates…
Yaynu
Yaynu is a hilltop archaeological site in Peru's Ancash Region, Pomabamba Province, Huayllan District. It is the most important evidence of the Recuay culture in Ancash. Yaynu was…
Temple complex in Peru (31)
Coricancha
Coricancha (Qorikancha, 'Golden Temple') was the most sacred temple in the Inca Empire, located in Cusco, Peru. Originally built by Manco Capac around 1200 AD and extensively…
El Brujo
El Brujo is a Moche archaeological complex in the Chicama Valley, La Libertad, Peru, occupied from preceramic times through the colonial period. The site gained international fame…
Huaca de la Luna
Huaca de la Luna ("Temple of the Moon") is a monumental adobe structure built by the Moche civilization (c. 100-700 AD) near Trujillo, Peru. Together with Huaca del Sol, it forms…
Huaca del Dragón
Huaca del Dragon, also called Huaca del Arco Iris ("Rainbow Temple"), is a Chimu ceremonial center near Trujillo, Peru, built around the 11th century. Its adobe perimeter walls…
Huaca Huallamarca
Huaca Huallamarca, formerly called "Pan de Azucar," is a truncated stepped adobe pyramid in the San Isidro district of Lima, Peru, originally measuring 125 meters long by 76…
Huaca Huantinamarca
The Huaca Huantinamarca is an archaeological site of the Ichma culture, situated in the San Miguel District of Lima, Peru, on the first block of Avenue Brígida Silva de Ochoa.…
Huánuco Pampa
Huanuco Pampa is a major Inca administrative center in Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Region, Peru, built c. 1460 CE along the Qhapaq Nan highway between Cusco and Quito. One of…
Huayna Picchu
Huayna Picchu is a mountain in Peru's Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, around which the Urubamba River bends. It rises dramatically over Machu Picchu, the…
Kenko
Q'enqo (Kenko) is a 15th-century Inca ceremonial site approximately 6 km northeast of Cusco at 3,580 meters elevation. The name means "labyrinth" or "zigzag" in Quechua, referring…
Kuntur Wasi
Kuntur Wasi is a temple complex in Peru's Andean highlands, dating to 1500–500 BC. The site features complex architecture including carved stone platforms and elevated plazas.…
Kusilluchayoc - El Templo de los Monos
Kusilluchayoc, the "Temple of the Monkeys," is an Inca-era ceremonial site within the Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman near Cusco, Peru. The complex features a limestone…
Llaqtapata
An Inca archaeological complex approximately 5 km west of Machu Picchu in the Cusco Region, Peru, first discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1912. The name means 'elevated place' in…
Mojeque
Mojeque, or Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, is a major Initial Period archaeological site in the Casma Valley of Ancash, Peru, dating to 1900-1400 BC and covering about 550 acres. The…
Montegrande Archaeological Site
Montegrande is a c. 3000 BC spiral temple site in Jaen province, Cajamarca, Peru, attributed to the Mayo-Chinchipe culture. The distinctive spiral structure, built of adobe and…
Muyuq Marka
Muyuq Marka is a temple complex in Cusco, Peru. It was the base of a round Incan tower within the fortress Sacsayhuamán, serving as a Temple of Inti. The structure features a…
Pacopampa
Pacopampa is a Formative period (1200–500 BC) temple complex in the northern highlands of Peru's Cajamarca region. It features massive carved pillars made from cut and polished…
Pikillaqta
Pikillaqta is a major Wari culture archaeological complex located 33 km southeast of Cusco at 3,250 m elevation, occupied from approximately 550 to 1100 AD. Built around the 7th…
Piruro
Piruro is a multi-period archaeological complex in the Huanuco Region, Huamalies Province, Tantamayo District, situated at over 3,800 metres above sea level. Known as the…
Qenko
Q'enqo (Quechua for 'labyrinth') is a major Inca huaca complex located about 6 km northeast of Cusco, Peru, and is one of the largest sacred sites in the Cusco Region. The site…
Qorikancha
The most sacred temple in the Inca Empire, originally built around 1200 AD as Inticancha and later magnificently renovated by Pachacutec, who renamed it Qorikancha ("golden…
San Jose de Moro
San Jose de Moro is a Moche ceremonial funerary complex in the Jequetepeque Valley of northwestern Peru, active between 400 and 1000 AD. Excavations since 1991, led by Luis Jaime…
Santuário Arqueológico de Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo is an Inca archaeological site and living town in Peru's Sacred Valley, at 2,792 m elevation. Built around 1450 by Emperor Pachacuti as a royal estate, it features…
Sayhuite
Sayhuite is an archaeological site 47 km east of Abancay in Peru's Apurímac region, about 3 hours from Cusco. The site served as a center of religious worship for the Inca, with…
Sitio Arqueológico Chavín de Huántar
Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological temple complex in Peru's Ancash Region, 434 km north of Lima at 3,180 m elevation. Built as early as 1200 BC and occupied until 400–500 BC,…
Sóndor
Sondor is a ceremonial complex in the Pacucha district of Apurimac, Peru, at over 3,200 metres elevation, spanning approximately 10 hectares divided into five sectors. Built by…
Tampukancha
Tampukancha is an ancient Incan religious center located in Peru's Cusco Region, Anta Province, Zurite District, approximately 30 miles (48 km) from Cusco, the historic capital of…
Tarawasi
Tarawasi (Tarahuasi) is an Inca ceremonial center built during the reign of Pachacutec, located in the Limatambo region approximately 75 km from Cusco, Peru. The site also…
Templo de la Luna
The Temple of the Moon (Templo de la Luna) is an Inca ceremonial site built inside a natural cave on the north face of Huayna Picchu, 390 metres below its summit near Machu…
Templo del Sol
The Temple of the Sun (Templo del Sol) is an Inca temple at Machu Picchu, Peru. Built of pink granite, the temple features windows aligned to the position of the sun on the…
Ventarron
Ventarron is a 4,500-year-old temple complex near Chiclayo in the Lambayeque Valley on Peru's northern coast, excavated in 2007. The site features the oldest known mural in the…
Vilcashuamán
Vilcashuaman, meaning 'sacred falcon' in Quechua, was a major Inca administrative center built under Tupac Yupanqui and Huayna Capac on the former Chanca capital in Ayacucho,…
Rock art in Peru (23)
Ayamachay
Ayamachay is a rock art site in Peru's Cusco Region, Combapata District, featuring predominantly white paintings with abstract and geometrical figures on the left bank of the…
Ayawayq'u
Ayawayq'u (also known as Yukay or Kapillayuq) is a rock art archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, dated to 1-500 AD. Located at approximately 3,100 meters (10,171 ft)…
Carachupa
Carachupa is an archaeological site with rock art in northern Peru's Amazonas region. Located near the village of Carachupa in Lonya Grande District, the site features prehistoric…
Chawaytiri
Chawaytiri is a pre-Columbian rock art site in Peru's Cusco Region. Located near the village of Chawaytiri in the Pisac District, it features multiple painted rock shelters across…
Cuchi Machay
Cuchi Machay (Cuchimachay) is an archaeological rock art site in Peru's Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District, situated at approximately 4,500 metres elevation near lakes…
Inkapintay
Inkapintay (also Inkapintayuq) is a rock art site in Peru's Cusco Region. Located in the Urubamba Province, Ollantaytambo District, near the famous Inca town of Ollantaytambo, it…
Intipanawin
Intipanawin (also Intipa Nawin, Quechua for "eye of the sun") is an archaeological site and mountain with rock paintings in Peru's Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon…
Intiyuq K'uchu
Intiyuq K'uchu is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lamay District. Intiyuq K'uchu is situated at a height of…
Khichuqaqa
Khichuqaqa is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings and tombs nearby, situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. The site sits at…
Killa Mach'ay
Killa Mach'ay is a rock art site in Peru's Central Highlands, featuring caves with pre-Hispanic paintings and petroglyphs. The artwork includes depictions of llamas,…
Kukuli, Arequipa
Kukuli is an archaeological site with rock paintings and tombs in Peru located in the Arequipa Region, Caravelí Province, Caravelí District. This coastal desert site contains cave…
Kuntuyuq
Kuntuyuq (Quntuyuq) is a high-altitude rock art site on a mountain in Peru's Pasco Region, Daniel Alcides Carrion Province, Chacayan District, within the community of Iskayqucha.…
Llamachayuq Qaqa
A rock art site in the Cusco Region of Peru, situated in Canchis Province, Combapata District, at approximately 3,535 metres elevation in the Wakanwayq'u valley. The name derives…
Markahirka
Markahirka (or Mawk'a Llaqta) is a rock art site in Peru's Ancash Region, Huari Province, featuring cave paintings and pre-Hispanic stone tombs (chullpa) dating to 1000–1500 AD.…
Ñusta Hispana
Nusta Hispana (also called Chuquipalta) is an Inca archaeological site in the Vilcabamba region, Cusco, Peru, discovered by Hiram Bingham III on August 9, 1911. Its most notable…
Pumawasi, Anta
Pumawasi is a large pre-Columbian rock art cave in the Chinchaypujio District of Cusco, measuring 22 m deep, 30 m wide, and 19 m high. Five panels of red-toned paintings on the…
Qaqapatan
Qaqapatan is an archaeological site with rock paintings located in the Pasco Region of Peru, within Yarusyacan District. The site is situated at an elevation of approximately…
Quillarumi
An archaeological site with rock paintings on a mountain slope west of Huanuco, Peru, at an elevation of 2,463 metres. The name derives from Quechua "killa" (moon) and "rumi"…
Quillcay Machay
A rock art site on the slope of Cerro Ojpay, approximately 6 km from Singa in Huamalies Province, Huanuco, at 3,793 m elevation. The paintings are distributed across four distinct…
Toquepala Caves
Prehistoric caves located 26 km southeast of Moquegua and near the Toquepala mine in southeastern Peru, at an elevation of 2,300 metres. The caves contain over 50 rock paintings…
T'uqu T'uquyuq
T'uqu T'uquyuq is an archaeological site with rock paintings in the Cusco Region of Peru, situated at about 3,150 metres on the slopes of Mount Saywa in the Urubamba Province,…
Wila Wilani, Tacna
Wila Wilani is a prehistoric rock art site in the Tacna Region of southern Peru. Located in the Palca District near the modern town of Wila Wilani, the site features ancient cave…
Yuraq Mach'ay
Yuraq Mach'ay is a rock art site in Peru's Pasco Region, featuring prehistoric paintings. Located in the Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Chacayan District, the site sits at 3,991…
Necropolis/tombs complex in Peru (19)
Auquin Punta
Late Intermediate Period funerary site at 3,932 m elevation in the Huanuco Region of Peru, Huamalies Province, above the village of Carhuapata. The 3-hectare site on the slope and…
Chichakuri
Chichakuri is a pre-Columbian necropolis complex in Peru's Andean highlands, featuring stone burial tombs (chullpas) alongside residential structures, walls and open plazas. The…
Cutimbo
Cutimbo is a pre-Hispanic funerary complex on the Andean Altiplano at 4,060 meters elevation, approximately 20 km southwest of Puno. Built by the Lupaca and Colla cultures between…
Huamboy
Huamboy is an archaeological complex in Nicolas de Pierola District, Camana Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, spanning 117,858 square meters. The site comprises five cemeteries and…
Huankarán
Huankarán is a pre-Columbian necropolis and tomb complex located in the Huánuco Region of Peru, dating to the period 1200-1500 AD. The site features a distinctive rectangular…
Kanichi
Kanichi is an archaeological complex of approximately 200,000 square meters in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Peru. The site was influenced by both the Wari (6th-11th…
Llamayuq
Llamayuq is an archaeological site with tombs and rock paintings in Peru's Cusco Region. Located at approximately 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) above sea level on the slopes of…
Los Pinchudos
500-1000 AD) Los Pinchudos is an elaborate Chachapoya tomb complex, perched in a high rock cleft in one of Peru's northern Andean cloud forests. Located in Río Abiseo National…
Nina Kiru
Nina Kiru (Quechua for "fire tooth") is an archaeological site featuring stone burial towers known as chullpas, located in the Carmen Salcedo District, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho…
Ninamarca
Ninamarca is a pre-Inca archaeological site in the Cusco Region, located on a hill overlooking the Pucara Valley along the Cusco-Paucartambo highway. It contains approximately 30…
Pusuquy Pata
Pusuquy Pata (also known as Posoqoypata) is a Wari culture cemetery in the Huanta District of Peru's Ayacucho Region, dating to the Middle Horizon period (c. AD 600-1000).…
Revash
Revash is a late Chachapoya funerary complex built into limestone cliffs at 2,800 metres elevation, approximately 60 km south of Chachapoyas in Peru's Amazonas region. The site…
Sarcophagi of Carajía
The Sarcophagi of Carajía are pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture burial monuments located in the Utcubamba Valley 18 km northwest of Chachapoyas in Peru's Amazonas Region. The site…
Sillustani
Sillustani is a pre-Inca burial complex on a scenic plateau near Lake Umayo in the Puno region of Peru, featuring approximately 90 chullpas (cylindrical stone funerary towers).…
Tikra
Tikra is an archaeological site in Peru's Huanuco Region, Lauricocha Province, situated on the slopes of Pitaq Mach'ay northeast of Jesus. The site features circular buildings and…
Uskallaqta
Uskallaqta is a pre-Columbian necropolis and tombs complex dating to 1000–1500 AD, located in the Arequipa Region's Caylloma Province, Chivay District, southwest of the town of…
Ventanillas de Otuzco
Ventanillas de Otuzco is a pre-Inca necropolis in the district of Banos del Inca, 8 km northwest of Cajamarca, Peru, at 2,650 meters elevation. The site contains 338 square and…
Waqlamarka
Waqlamarka is an archaeological site featuring defensive walls and round burial towers (chullpas) in the Junin Region, Jauja Province, Parco District. The name derives from…
Yanaque - Quilcamarca
Yanaque-Quilcamarca is an archaeological complex of two adjacent hilltop settlements at 3,820 meters elevation in Ancash Region, Peru (Ocros Province, Acas District). Stone…
Geological interest in Peru (7)
Cusichaca River
The Cusichaca River valley in the Cusco Region is one of the most comprehensively studied archaeological areas in Peru, investigated since 1977 by Dr. Ann Kendall and the…
Hatun Machay
Hatun Machay is a rock forest featuring archaeological remains in Peru's Ancash Region, dating to 1–500 AD. Located in the Recuay Province's Pampas Chico District on the…
Khapia
Khapia (Cerro Khapia) is a possibly extinct volcano at 4,809 metres in Peru's Puno Region, near Lake Titicaca. Venerated by local communities as an Apu (sacred mountain in Andean…
Moray
Moray is an Inca archaeological site on a high plateau at 3,500 m elevation, northwest of Cusco, Peru, featuring concentric circular terraces descending up to 150 m deep. Believed…
Rodadero Slides
Rodadero Slides is a massive rock formation near Cusco where the Killke culture carved ceremonial benches, steps, and altars around 1100 AD, later expanded by the Incas. The site…
Sara Sara
Sara Sara is a 5,505-metre-high (18,061 ft) volcano in southern Peru, situated between Lake Parinacochas and the Ocoña River in the Parinacochas and Paucar del Sara Sara…
Wiraqucha, Cusco
Wiraqucha (or Huiracocha) is a 3,600-metre-high mountain in Peru's Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, spanning the districts of Andahuaylillas, Huaro and Urcos. Located…
Castle/palace in Peru (6)
El Castillo de Huarmey
El Castillo de Huarmey is a pyramid-like structure on Peru's Ancash coast north of Lima, representing a major Wari imperial center. The site's most significant discovery occurred…
Huaca Esmeralda
Huaca La Esmeralda is a Chimu culture archaeological site in Trujillo, Peru, located halfway between the city center and Chan Chan. Built during the first stage of Chimu…
Inka Wasi, Huancavelica
Inka Wasi (Quechua for "Inca house") is an Inca palace and archaeological site in Peru's Huancavelica Region, considered one of the most important monuments of the region. Located…
Pumaq Hirka
Pumaq Hirka, also known as Castillo de Gorioj or Tucumachay, is an archaeological site in the Huanuco Region at approximately 3,696 m elevation in the Miraflores District of…
Quispiguanca
(1464-1525 AD) Quispiguanca was a royal estate of Inca emperor Huayna Capac. The ruins are located in the northern part of the present-day town of Urubamba, Peru, at an elevation…
Tambo Colorado
Tambo Colorado is one of the best-preserved Inca adobe complexes on the Peruvian coast, located in the Pisco River Valley of the Ica Region. Built during the reign of Tupac…
Cave Structures in Peru (6)
Guitarrero Cave
Guitarrero Cave, located in the Callejón de Huaylas valley in Peru's Ancash region, sits 50 m above the Santa River at 2,580 m elevation. Archaeological evidence shows human…
Hatun Uchku
Hatun Uchku is a cave containing archaeological and paleontological remains in the central Peruvian highlands. Located in the Ambo District of Huánuco Region, approximately 500…
Inka Mach'ay, Peru
An Inca-period archaeological site in Peru's Huancavelica Region, Tayacaja Province, Nahuimpuquio District. The name combines Quechua words for "Inca" and "cave" (mach'ay),…
Laguna de las Momias
Laguna de las Momias (Lagoon of the Mummies), also called Laguna de los Cóndores, is a cave archaeological site in Leimebamba, Chachapoyas province, Amazonas Region of Peru,…
Pikimachay
Pikimachay (Piki Mach'ay) is a cave archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of Peru. Radiocarbon dating indicates a human presence ranging from 22,200 to 14,700 years ago,…
Qollmay
Qollmay (also Qullmay) is an Inca Empire archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, featuring multiple buildings constructed along a granite cliff at 3,436 m elevation. Located 4…
Megalithic structures in Peru (6)
Aramu Muru
Aramu Muru is a megalithic site on the Lake Titicaca plain in Peru's Puno department, near the Bolivia border. The site features a flat stone measuring approximately 7 square…
Inca Uyo
An archaeological site at Chucuito on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru, about 18 km from Puno, known as the "Temple of Fertility". The walled rectangular enclosure contains…
Killarumiyoq
Killarumiyuq is an archaeological park in Peru's Cusco Region, Anta Province, Ancahuasi District. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru in 2003. It features…
Megalithic Plaza - Callacpuma Archaeological Site
The Callacpuma Archaeological Site, located in the Cajamarca basin of the northern Peruvian Andes, features a remarkable megalithic plaza dating to approximately 2800-2500 BC.
Sacsayhuamán
A massive Inca citadel on the northern outskirts of Cusco, Peru, built under Emperor Pachacuti in the 15th century using approximately 20,000 laborers. The fortress features three…
Urpish
Urpish is a megalithic archaeological site in Peru's Huánuco Region, situated 3,474 meters above sea level in the Jircan District. The site features massive rectangular stone…
Petroglyphs in Peru (6)
Cumbemayo
Cumbemayo is a pre-Columbian archaeological complex at 3,500 metres elevation, about 20 km southwest of Cajamarca, Peru. Its centrepiece is an approximately 8 km long aqueduct…
Jinkiori
Jinkiori is a petroglyph site in Paucartambo Province, Cusco, Peru, centered on a large monolith near the Queros River, about two hours' walk from Pilcopata. The engravings on the…
Llamachayuq
Llamachayuq is an archaeological complex featuring petroglyphs in Peru's Apurimac Region. The site contains rock carvings depicting llamas, vicunas, felines, human figures, and…
Miculla Petroglyphs
The Miculla Petroglyphs are rock carvings in the San Francisco de Miculla area of Peru, located 8-22 km northeast of Tacna. Carved in low relief on boulder fragments in a desert…
Pusharo
The Petroglyphs of Pusharo are an extensive ancient rock art site deep within Peru's Manu National Park, along the Palotoa River. The carvings cover a perpendicular rock face over…
Toro Muerto
Toro Muerto is a collection of ancient petroglyphs in Peru's coastal desert, located in Castilla province, Arequipa region. The site features approximately 3,000 volcanic rocks…
Fortress/citadel in Peru (5)
Acaray
Acaray is an ancient fortress in the Huaura River Valley on Peru's near north coast. The impressive structure sits atop three hilltops, each surrounded by perimeter defensive…
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Chanquillo
Chankillo is an ancient monumental complex in Peru's coastal desert, located in the Casma-Sechin basin of Áncash Department. The ruins include a hilltop fort, thirteen stone…
Inti Punku
Inti Punku is an archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, situated at the end of the famous Incan Trail. This fortress served as the main entrance to Machu Picchu, controlling…
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Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated at 2,350 m elevation on a steep ridge in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, approximately 80 km northwest of Cusco, Peru. Built as…
Puka Pukara Archaeological Complex
Puka Pukara is an ancient Inca fortress and military complex situated in the Cusco Region of Peru, near the city of Cusco. The site features large stone walls, terraces, and…
Pyramid complex in Peru (5)
Batán Grande
The Batan Grande or Sican Archaeological Complex in Peru's Lambayeque region was the ceremonial heart of the Sican (Lambayeque) culture, which flourished from approximately 750 to…
Huaca del Sol
Huaca del Sol ("Temple of the Sun") is the largest adobe structure in the Americas, built by the Moche civilization (c. 100-700 AD) on Peru's north coast near Trujillo.…
Huaca Pucllana
Huaca Pucllana (or Huaca Juliana) is an ancient adobe and clay pyramid complex in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, constructed from seven staggered platforms. It served as a…
Sechin Alto
Sechin Alto is a massive ceremonial complex in the Casma Valley of Peru, built around 1800-1400 BC during the Formative Period. Its main pyramid measures 300 by 250 metres and…
Túcume
Tucume is a monumental pre-Hispanic complex in Peru's Lambayeque Valley containing 26 enormous adobe truncated pyramids around La Raya Mountain. Established by the…
Megalithic stones in Peru (4)
Conjunto Arqueologico de Ñustahispana
Nusta Hispana, also known as Chuquipalta, is an Inca archaeological site near Vilcabamba in Peru's Cusco region, believed to have been the last refuge of the Inca rulers fleeing…
Intihuatana, Urubamba
The Intihuatana at Machu Picchu in Urubamba Province is a ritual stone carved from granite, serving as an astronomical clock of the Inca Empire. The name means "hitching post of…
Naupa Iglesia (Choquequilla)
Naupa Iglesia (also called Choquequilla, meaning "golden moon") is an Inca huaca shrine built within a cave near Pachar in Peru's Sacred Valley. The cave features flat stone…
Twelve-Angled Stone
The Twelve-Angled Stone is a masterpiece of Inca masonry on Hatunrumiyoc Street in Cusco, Peru. Fashioned from green diorite, the six-ton block features twelve precisely cut…
Other sites in Peru (16)
Caballo Muerto
Caballo Muerto is an archaeological complex on Peru's northern coast in the Moche Valley, Laredo District, La Libertad Region. It comprises a series of mound sites spanning the…
Cantalloc Aqueducts
The Cantalloc Aqueducts are the best-known examples of puquios, an ingenious underground aqueduct system built by the Nazca culture (c. 200 BC - 650 AD) approximately 4 km west of…
Centro Arqueológico de Chinchero
Chinchero is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco region, situated on the ancient road linking the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu. The site features impressive polygonal…
Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary
Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary is a 2,500-hectare protected area in Junin Province, Peru, established on 7 August 1974 at approximately 4,105 metres above sea level. It preserves…
Chukimarka
Chukimarka is an Inca-era archaeological site near Cusco, Peru, located close to the Templo de la Luna (Temple of the Moon) and Salapunco along the Qhapaq Nan, the great Inca road…
Intihuatana Archaeological Complex
The Intihuatana Archaeological Complex, also known as Pumacocha (Quechua for "lake of the pumas"), is an Inca site in Ayacucho, Peru, at 3,300 m elevation. The complex occupies…
Maria Reiche Museum
The Maria Reiche Museum is located on the Panamericana Sur at Km 425 in the Pampas of San Jose, about 11 km north of Nazca, Peru. It occupies the former home of Dr. Maria Reiche,…
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Museo de Sitio Wari
A museum near the Wari Archaeological Complex in Ayacucho, Peru, displaying artifacts from the Wari culture (600-1000 AD). The collection includes ceramics, bone remains, and…
Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines are a collection of giant geoglyphs etched into the desert plain of southern Peru, created between 500 BC and 500 AD by the ancient Nazca people. These massive…
Paracas Candelabra
The Paracas Candelabra, also called El Candelabro or the Candelabra of the Andes, is a prehistoric geoglyph on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru.…
Paracas History Museum
The Paracas History Museum (Museo de la Historia de Paracas) in the Paracas Peninsula region displays a collection of elongated human skulls representing the ancient practice of…
Pucará, Puno
Pucará is a major pre-Columbian ceremonial center in the northern Lake Titicaca basin of Peru, flourishing between approximately 200 BC and 200 AD. The 4.2 km2 site features…
Regional Museum of Ancash
Founded in 1935, the Museo Arqueológico de Áncash "Augusto Soriano Infante" (formerly Museo Regional de Áncash) houses one of South America's most important collections of ancient…
Rumicolca
Monumental stone gateway located 31 km southeast of Cusco, originally built by the Wari culture (c. 550-900 AD) and later enlarged by the Inca. The structure functioned as a…
Tambomachay
Tambomachay is an Inca archaeological site located 8 km northeast of Cusco at 3,700 metres elevation, covering 437 square metres. Built during the 15th century, the complex…
Wanakawri, Cusco
Wanakawri (Huanacauri) is a sacred mountain and archaeological site at 4,089 m, one of the most important wak'as of the Inca empire. According to Inca mythology, Manco Capac and…
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