Archaeological Sites in Peru
Archaeological site in Peru (132)
Amaru Marka Wasi
Amaru Marka Wasi, Amarumarcahuasi or Amaromarcaguaci (possibly from Quechua amaru snake, marka village, wasi house; hispanicized and mixed spellings, Amarumarkahuasi, Amaru…
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
Auquilohuagra (possibly from awkillu, local Quechua word for deity, waqra horn) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, Obas…
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).
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…
Casma-Sechin Culture
The Casma–Sechin culture (c. 3600 BCE–200 BCE) of Peru refers to the large concentration of pre-historic ruins in the valleys of the Casma River and its tributary the Sechin River…
Cerro Sechín
Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in the Casma Province of the Ancash Region in northern Peru. Notable features include megalithic architecture with carved figures in…
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…
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…
Chichakuri
Chichakuri is an archaeological site in Peru consisting of stone tombs (chullpa), walls, houses and squares. The place was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución…
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…
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 is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province and Cusco District of Peru. The Quechua name is explained as qullqa, a deposit, plus pata, an elevated…
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)…
Hatun Misapata
Hatun Misapata is an archaeological site in Peru's Ayacucho Region, situated in the Lucanas Province, Aucara District. The name derives from Quechua: hatun (big), misa (table),…
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,…
Huaca Casa Rosada
Huaca Casa Rosada is an archaeological site located in San Miguel District, in Lima, Peru. The site presents evidence of human occupation from the Intermediate period to the Inca…
Huamanmarca, La Convención
Huamanmarca (possibly from Quechua waman falcon, marka village) (also spelled Huamanmarka or Wamanmarka) is an archaeological site in the region of Cusco, Peru. It is located in…
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…
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,…
Huichún
Huichún (possibly from Quechua wich'un femur) is an archaeological site in Peru. The site consists of houses, stone tombs, deposits and enclosures. Huichún is situated in the…
Huiñao
Huiñao is a mountain in the Andes of Peru in the Cotahuasi District of La Unión Province, Arequipa Region. What distinguishes this mountain from higher peaks surrounding it is its…
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 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),…
Inka Raqay, Apurímac
Inka Raqay or Inkaraqay (Quechua Inka Inca, raqay ruin, a demolished building; shed, storehouse or dormitory for the laborers of a farm; a generally old building without roof,…
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 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 Quechua.…
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
The site includes agricultural terraces, irrigation canals, ceremonial enclosures, and a huaca carved from a large rock. The Peruvian government invested substantially in…
Intikancha, Puno
Intikancha is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 metres high. It is located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Nicasio…
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. The site belongs to the…
Inti Watana, Ayacucho
Inti Watana, Intiwatana or Pumaqucha is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Vilcas Huamán Province, Vischongo District, at the lake Pumaqucha.…
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 (possibly from Quechua isu skin sickness caused by a certain mite (mange), -q a suffix) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes…
K'allapayuq Urqu
K'allapayuq Urqu is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru on top of a mountain of the same name. The Chanka site lies in the La Mar Province, Anco District,…
Kanamarka
Kanamarka is a pre-Inca archaeological site. The site features circular and rectangular stone enclosures. The K'ana people peacefully integrated into the Inca Empire.
Kanichi
Kanichi is an archaeological site in Peru. Kanichi lies in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Carmen Salcedo District. The archaeological complex, which is about 200,000…
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 was declared a National Cultural Heritage…
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.
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, consisting of a series of buildings comprising six periods of continuous occupation. The Kotosh Period culture…
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…
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…
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…
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 situated on a mountain of the same name in the Huancavelica Region, Conayca District.
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 or Machu Qollqa is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Huayllabamba District. Machu Colca is situated at about…
Machu Pitumarka
Machu Pitumarka is an archaeological site with ruins of walls in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Machu Pitumarka lies on a hill…
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 (Quechua maran, maray batan or grindstone, maray to tear down, to knock down, qalla carved stone, cobblestone; circular spindle disk; cheek, also spelled Maraycalla,…
Marcahuamachuco
Marcahuamachuco is an archeological site of Pre-Incan ruins in the La Libertad Region of Peru. Construction of Marcahuamachuco began around AD 400, during the Andean Middle…
Markansaya
Markansaya (also Hatun Markansaya) is a pre-Inca archaeological site in Peru's Apurimac Region, Cotabambas Province, Haquira District. Situated on a hilltop, it features square…
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…
Mawk'allaqta, La Unión
Mawk'allaqta (also Mawk'a Llaqta) is an archaeological complex in Peru's Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. The site represents the largest and most important…
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…
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 (possibly from Aymara for round, round head and swirl) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Puno Province, Acora District, about 5 km south…
Moray
Moray (Quechua: Muray) is an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Cuzco on a high plateau at about 3,500 metres and just west of the village of…
Mulinuyuq
Mulinuyuq is an archaeological site located in the Huanta Province of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.
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…
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…
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…
Pinkuylluna
Pinkuylluna or Pinkulluna is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Ollantaytambo District. It is situated…
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…
Pirwayuq
Located in the Huancavelica Region, Tayacaja Province, within the Laria District, the site sits atop Mount Pirwayuq at approximately 3,900 meters (12,795 ft) above sea level.
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…
Pukara, Víctor Fajardo
Pukara (Quechua for fortress) is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. It is located in Sarhua District, Víctor Fajardo Province. The site lies on the bank of the…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Qollmay
Qollmay is 4 km North-West (about a 25-minute drive on dirt road) of Chinchaypujio. First excavated by Max Uhle in 1905 and registered by Ken Heffernan in 1986, it has been…
Quishuar Archaeological Site
Quishuar is an archaeological site in Peru's Ancash Region, Yungay Province, located in the southern Yanama District.
Qullqapampa
Qullqapampa is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco Region, situated in the San Sebastián District of Cusco Province.
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.…
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. The terraced agricultural landscape lies about 4…
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,…
Quri Winchus
Quri Winchus is an archaeological site with remains of circular buildings of the Wanka period in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District. 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 or Runku Raqay is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated…
Sayacmarca
Sayacmarca is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated southwest of the archaeological site Runkuraqay…
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.…
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…
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 or Tarmatampu (possibly from Tarma an ethnic group, Quechua tampu inn) is an archaeological site in the Junín Region in Peru. It is located in the Tarma Province, Tarma…
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…
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 archeological site near Caraz, Huaylas Province, Ancash Region, Peru. Recent investigations suggest that the site dates from the Late Preceramic (around…
Tupu Inka
Tupu Inka is an archaeological site located in the Puno Region, within the Yunguyo Province and Unicachi District.
Uchkus Inkañan
Uchkus Inkanan is an archaeological complex in the Yauli District of Huancavelica, Peru, on the left bank of the Ichu River.
Uskallaqta
Uskallaqta is in the Arequipa Region's Caylloma Province, Chivay District, southwest of the town of Chivay in Peru's Colca Valley. The site features stone tombs known as chullpas…
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 an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Usqunta is located in the Lucanas Province, on the border of the districts of Aucara, Cabana and Lucanas. It is…
Wamanilla
Wamanilla or Misayuq Pata is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Viceministerial Nº…
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,…
Waman Pirqa
Waman Pirqa (Quechua waman falcon, pirqa wall, "falcon wall", also spelled Huaman Pirqa, Wamanpirka) is an archaeological site in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural…
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…
Waqlamarka
Waqlamarka (local Quechua waqla (waqra) horn, marka settlement / storey, "horn village", hispanicized spelling Hacjlasmarca) is an archaeological site with walls and round burial…
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 or Warak'ayuq is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 metres high. It is situated in the…
Waraqu Urqu
Waraqu Urqu (Quechua waraqu cactus, urqu mountain, "cactus mountain", also spelled Waraju Orqo, Waraqo Orqo) is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The Chanka…
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.
Wayna Q'inti
Wayna Q'inti is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. Wayna Q'inti is situated above the left bank of the…
Wayna Tawqaray
Wayna Tawqaray is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, San Sebastián District, about 5 km southeast of the center of Cusco. Wayna…
Wichqana
Wichqana is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Huamanga Province, Ayacucho District. Wichqana lies on a western slope of Uma Urqu north of…
Wilca
Archaeological complex in the Utcubamba Province, Amazonas Region, Peru, near the Comboca stream valley in the Cajaruro District. The site contains agricultural terraces.
City/town/settlement in Peru (59)
Asana, Peru
Asana is an archaeological site by the Asana River, a tributary of the Osmore River, in the south-central Andes of southern Peru. An archaeological study of the Asana river valley…
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…
Bandurria, Peru
Bandurria is located near the Santa Rosa irrigation project. Part of the archaeological site has been destroyed as a result of water infiltration when the irrigation project…
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…
Cerro Pátapo Ruins
The Cerro Pátapo ruins or Northern Wari ruins are the remains of a pre-Columbian city near the site of present-day Chiclayo, Peru. The ruins are primarily of the Wari (Huari)…
Chan Chan
Chan Chan, sometimes called Chimor itself, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an…
Choquepuquio
Choquepuquio (possibly from Quechua chuqi metal, gold (Aymara), every kind of precious metal, pukyu spring, well) is an ancient Wari site in Peru in the valley of Cusco. These…
Choquequirao
Choquequirao is a 15th- and 16th-century settlement associated with the Inca Empire. The site had two major growth stages. Choquequirao is located in the area considered to be…
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…
El Paraíso, Peru
Approximately two kilometers inland on the Rio Chillón flood plain, El Paraiso is surrounded by over 90 hectares of arable land and 150 hectares of lowlands capable of sustaining…
Gran Pajatén
Gran Pajatén is an archaeological site located in the Andean cloud forests of Peru, on the border of the La Libertad region and the San Martín region, between the Marañon and…
Gran Saposoa
A series of ruins in the Andean cloud forests, brought to international attention by explorer Gene Savoy in 1999. Scholars dispute Savoy's claims, noting the sites were previously…
Gran Vilaya
Gran Vilaya is an extensive pre-Incan archaeological complex in the Utcubamba Valley, northern Peru, during the Chachapoya culture. Located west of the Kuelap fortress, it…
Hatunmarka
Hatunmarka (Quechua hatun big, marka settlement / storey, "big settlement", hispanicized spelling Hatunmarca, Jatun Malca) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the…
Honcopampa
Honcopampa or Joncopampa (possibly from Ancash Quechua hunqu swamp, pampa plain) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Aco…
Huaca Prieta
Huaca Prieta is the site of an Andean preceramic settlement along the Pacific Ocean in the Chicama Valley, just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province. It is a part of the El…
Huacramarca
Huacramarca or Waqramarka (possibly from Quechua waqra horn, marka village) is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru. Huacramarca lies southeast of…
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…
Huánuco Pampa
Huánuco Pampa, Huánuco Marka or Huánuco Viejo, Wanako Pampa, Wanuku Pampa or simply Huánuco is a large archaeological site in Peru in the Huánuco Region, Dos de Mayo Province. 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…
Huayuri
Huayuri, also called the Lost City of Huayuri, is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site which flourished from 1150 to 1450 CE in the Late Intermediate Period of Peru. Huayuri…
Huchuy Qosqo
Huchuy Qosqo, (also spelled Yuchuy Cuzco), is an Incan archaeological site north of Cuzco, Peru. Its name is Quechua for "Little Cuzco". It lies at an elevation of 3,650 meters,…
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.
Inca Complex at Písac
The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located along a mountain ridge…
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, the site…
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, in the Lake Titicaca Basin. Occupied from c. 3400-1600 BCE…
Kuélap
Kuélap or Cuélap is a walled settlement located in the mountains near the towns of María and Tingo, in the southern part of the region of Amazonas, Peru. Kuélap is located on a…
Las Haldas
Las Haldas or Las Aldas is a large archaeological complex from before and during the initial ceramic period (1800–1000 BCE) of Peru. Las Haldas is located on the Pacific coast…
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters. Studies of skeletal remains found at Machu…
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, 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…
Mullu Q'awa
Mullu Q'awa is an archaeological site in Peru on a mountain of that name. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Alto Pichigua District. It lies near the village of…
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo (Quechua: Ullantaytampu) is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 72 km by road northwest of the city of Cusco. During the Inca Empire,…
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
Pachacámac is an archaeological site 40 kilometres southeast of Lima, Peru in the Valley of the Lurín River. The site was first settled around A.D. 200 and was named after the…
Patallacta
On his way to Machu Picchu Hiram Bingham, discoverer of many Incan sites, passed Patallacta. His associate Mr. Herman Tucker reported that the name of the town was Patallacta…
Pernil Alto
The Pernil Alto archaeological site is located in Rio Grande District of Palpa province in the Ica Region of Peru. Although the site was occupied earlier, archaeologists traced…
Pikillaqta
Pikillaqta is a large Wari culture archaeological site in the Quispicanchi province of the Cusco Region of Peru. Pikillaqta is located 3,200 meters above sea level in the Lucre…
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…
Puyupatamarca
Puyupatamarca or Phuyupatamarca is an archaeological site along the Inca Trail in the Urubamba Valley of Peru. Due to its altitude of roughly 3600 meters, it is known as "La…
Qunchupata, Ayacucho
Qunchupata (Quechua qunchu muddy, pata step, bank of a river, "muddy step" or "muddy bank", hispanicized spelling Conchopata, also Qonchopata) is an archaeological zone in Peru.…
Quriwayrachina, La Convención
Quriwayrachina is an Inca settlement discovered in 2001 in the Willkapampa mountain range within Peru's Cusco Region. Located in La Convención Province, it sits on Victoria…
Raqch'i
Raqch'i is an Inca archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pedro District. It is 3480 meters above sea level and 110 kilometers from the…
Sechin Bajo
Sechin Bajo is located in the valley of the Sechin River, about 12 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean and about 330 kilometres northwest of Lima, Peru. Sechin Bajo is one ruin…
Tambo Viejo
Tambo Viejo is an archaeological site that extends over approximately 44 hectares (110 acres) in the north of the Arequipa region of southern Peru. The site presents evidence of…
Tanqa Tanqa
Tanqa Tanqa is a major archaeological pukara (fortified hilltop settlement) of the Lupaca culture, located at an elevation of 3,974 m. Dating to the Late Intermediate Period (AD…
Tipón
The Tipón complex is located near Oropesa in the Community of Choquepata, Quispicanchi Province, southeast of Cusco. The upper part of the Tipón complex is crossed by three Inca…
Tunanmarca
Tunanmarca was a pre-Inca settlement located at 3,859 meters elevation in the Yanamarca valley near Jauja, Peru. Occupied from approximately 1280 to 1425 AD, the complex contained…
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…
Vilcashuamán
Vilcashuamán was an Inca administrative center, established after the Incas conquered the Chancas and the Pocras. The city was located around a large plaza where ceremonies…
Viracochapampa
Viracochapampa, Huiracochapampa, or Wiracochapampa (possibly from Quechua wiraqucha: mister, sir, gentleman, god; or Wiracocha: one of the greatest Andean divinities; and pampa:…
Wamanmarka, Lima
Wamanmarka or Waman Marka (Quechua waman falcon, marka village, Hispanicized spelling Huamanmarca) is a pre-Hispanic archaeological site in the Lima Region of Peru. Wamanmarka is…
Warawtampu
Warawtampu (Quechua waraw high and deep, tampu inn, Hispanicized spelling Huarautambo) is an archaeological site in the Pasco Region in Peru. It is located in Daniel Alcides…
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 (Quechua for island, Hispanicized spelling Huata) is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Singa District, in the little…
Wiñay Wayna
Wiñay Wayna is an Inca ruin along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is built into a steep hillside overlooking the Urubamba River. The site consists of upper and lower house…
Wiraqucha Pirqa
Wiraqucha Pirqa (Quechua "wall of Viracocha") is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Huancavelica Region, Huaytara Province, Quito-Arma District, at a height of…
Yanaca
Yanaca is a group of ancient, pre-Incan towns located in Peru in Apurimac Region, Aymaraes Province, Yanaca District. These towns were located in the area surrounding the…
Yaynu
Yaynu is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Ancash Region, Pomabamba Province, Huayllan District. It is a hilltop settlement that is considered the most important…
Rock art in Peru (22)
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 an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Yucay District. The site…
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 an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Pisac District, near the village Chawaytiri. The principal…
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…
Hatun Machay
Hatun Machay (possibly from Quechua hatun big, mach'ay cave) is a rock forest with archaeological remains in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución…
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 (or Pintasqa Wayq'u) is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lamay District. Intiyuq K'uchu is…
Khichuqaqa
Khichuqaqa is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings and tombs nearby. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. The site lies at a…
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,…
Kuntuyuq
Kuntuyuq or Quntuyuq is an archaeological site with rock paintings on a mountain of the same name in Peru. It lies in the Pasco Region, Daniel Alcides Carrion Province, Chacayan…
Llamachayuq Qaqa
Llamachayuq Qaqa, Wakan Wayq'u or Wakanwayq'u is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Combapata District. The…
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. Ceramics and human bone remains indicate use…
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…
Qillqatani
Qillqatani is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located above the Rio Chila, in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, at a height of about 5 m above the…
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
Toquepala Caves
Toquepala Caves are located near Toquepala mine, about 154 km from the city of Tacna, in the extreme southeast of Peru. They are notable for a number of rock paintings. The best…
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 (Quechua yuraq white, mach'ay cave, "white cave", Hispanicized spelling Yuracmachay) is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru. It lies in the Pasco…
Temple complex in Peru (20)
Chanquillo
Chankillo is an ancient monumental complex in the Peruvian coastal desert, found in the Casma-Sechin basin in the Áncash Department of Peru. The ruins include the hilltop…
El Brujo
The El Brujo Archaeological Complex is an ancient archaeological site, located in the Chicama Valley just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru, that was occupied from…
Huaca de la Luna
Huaca de la Luna is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. It sits roughly 5 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, 4 km from the modern city…
Huaca Huallamarca
Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from Quechua wak'a, Spanishified as "huaca" and meaning "sacred" or "local god of protection"; Walla, the name of the Huallas tribe; and marka,…
Huayna Picchu
Huayna Picchu, Quechua: Wayna Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It…
Kenko
The name means "labyrinth" or "zigzag" in Quechua. The complex includes a semi-circular amphitheater.
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…
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 an archaeological site in Peru. It is the base of what was a round Incan tower, which is situated within the fortress Saksaywaman above Cuzco. The Muyuqmarka…
Pacopampa
Pacopampa is an archaeological site located in the northern highlands of Peru, in the department of Cajamarca. It presents the remains of a monumental ceremonial center, made with…
Pañamarca
Panamarca is the southernmost monumental Moche site in Peru, constructed atop a granite hill in the lower Nepena Valley. The site features an imposing stepped adobe platform and…
Qenko
Q'enqo, Qenko, Kenko, or Quenco is an archaeological site in the Sacred Valley of Peru located in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, located about 6 km north east…
Qorikancha
The most sacred temple in the Inca Empire. Its garden contained life-size golden replicas of animals and crops. The complex served as the center of the Inca world, housing temples…
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 kilometres east of the city Abancay, about 3 hours away from the city of Cusco, in the province Abancay in the region Apurímac in Peru. The…
Sitio Arqueológico Chavín de Huántar
Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site in Peru, containing ruins and artifacts constructed as early as 1200 BC, and occupied until around 400–500 BC by the Chavín, a major…
Sóndor
Sóndor (possibly from Quechua suntur: congress, meeting) is an archaeological site in Peru built by the Chanka people. The main part consists of a temple like structure used for…
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
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…
Necropolis/tombs complex in Peru (13)
Ancon Archaeological Site
Ancon is an archaeological site in the north of the Bay of Ancon, in the Ancón District, on the central coast of Peru. It is one of the most important centers of the Peruvian…
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…
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…
Laguna de las Momias
Laguna de las Momias (Lagoon of the Mummies), also known as Laguna de los Cóndores (Lagoon of the Condors) is an archaeological site located in Leimebamba, Chachapoyas province,…
Llamayuq
Llamayuq is an archaeological site with tombs and rock paintings in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District. The site lies at a height of about…
Los Pinchudos
Los Pinchudos is an elaborate Chachapoya tomb complex, perched in a high rock cleft in one of Peru's northern Andean cloud forests. The clay and stone tombs of the complex have…
Markahirka
Markahirka or Marka Hirka is an archaeological site with cave paintings and stone tombs on a mountain of the same name in Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huari Province,…
Ninamarca
Ninamarca (possibly from Quechua nina fire, marka village, "fire village") is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Paucartambo Province, Colquepata…
Revash
The Revash funerary complex is located in Peru's Santo Tomás District, part of Luya Province, which is approximately 60 km to the south of Chachapoyas. The funeral buildings are…
San Jose de Moro
San Jose de Moro is a Moche archaeological site in the Pacanga District, Chepén Province, La Libertad Region, of Northwestern Peru. The earliest occupation at San Jose de Moro…
Sarcophagi of Carajía
The Sarcophagi of Karajía (Spanish: Sarcófagos de Karajía, or Carajía) are unusually large pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture sarcophagi at the Karajía Archaeological Monumental Zone in…
Sillustani
Sillustani is an archaeological site and pre-Hispanic funerary complex located on the Umayo peninsula, in Atuncolla District, Puno Province, southern Peru. It is known mainly for…
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…
Fortress/citadel in Peru (9)
Acaray
Acaray, also known as the Fortress of Acaray, is an archaeological site located in the Huaura River Valley on the near north coast of Peru. Attention was called to the site early…
Anku
Anku was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Peruvian authorities on June 18, 2002, under Resolución Directoral No. 533/INC.
Inti Punku
Inti Punku or Intipunku is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru that was once a fortress of the sacred city, Machu Picchu. Inti Punku was once the main entrance to…
Piruro
Piruro (possibly from Quechua for whorl) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Tantamayo District. The complex consists of…
Puka Pukara Archaeological Complex
Puka Pukara (Quechua puka red, pukara fortress, "red fortress", hispanicized spellings Pucapucara, Puca Pucara, Puca Pucará) is a site of military ruins in Peru situated in the…
Pukarani, Peru
Pukarani is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Andes of Peru, about 4,301.9 m high. It is located in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Nicasio District.…
Pumamarka, Urubamba
The site features qolqas (storehouses), two-level rectangular enclosures with mud mortar plaster.
Sacsayhuamán
Sacsayhuamán or Saksaywaman is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is an important example of Inca…
Urpish
Urpish is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Jircan District. It is situated above the village of Urpish at a height of about 3,474…
Pyramid complex in Peru (7)
Batán Grande
The Batán Grande or Sicán Archaeological Complex, just north of Chiclayo, Ferreñafe province, Lambayeque region, Peru, is an ancient archaeological site that was occupied by the…
El Castillo de Huarmey
El Castillo de Huarmey is a pyramid-like structure on the coast of Peru, in the Ancash Region north of Lima. The 2013 discovery at El Castillo de Huarmey of a royal Wari tomb…
Huaca del Sol
The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) on the northern coast of what is now Peru. By 450 AD, eight different stages of…
Huaca Huantinamarca
The Huaca Huantinamarca is an archaeological site of the Ichma culture located in San Miguel District, in Lima, Peru. The Huaca Huantinamarca Research, Conservation and…
Huaca Pucllana
Huaca Pucllana, or Huaca Juliana, is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an…
La Centinela
La Centinela is an archaeological site in Peru which was an active administrative center during both the Inca and pre-Inca periods. La Centinela lies about 200 km south of Lima in…
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…
Castle/palace in Peru (5)
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…
Puruchuco
Puruchuco is an archaeological site in Peru that was an administrative center of the Inca period (1438–1533), located in the Ate District, in Lima. The construction of this…
Quispiguanca
Quispiguanca was a royal estate of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac (c. 1464–1525 CE). The ruins of the estate are located in the northern part of the present-day town of Urubamba,…
Susupillo
Susupillo is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 metres high. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province,…
Tambo Colorado
Tambo Colorado is a well-preserved Inca adobe complex near the coast of Peru, also known under the Quechua names Puka Tampu ("red resting place"), Pukallaqta ("red place") or…
Cave Structures in Peru (5)
Ahuila Gencha Machay
Ahuila Gencha Machay is a rock art site featuring ancient cave paintings in the Huánuco Region of Peru, dating to 1–500 AD. Located on the slopes of Mount Ocpay in the Singa…
Guitarrero Cave
Guitarrero Cave is located in the Callejón de Huaylas valley in Yungay Province, in the Ancash region of Peru. Guitarrero Cave has evidence of human use around 8,000 BCE and…
Hatun Uchku
Hatun Uchku is a cave with archaeological and paleontological remains in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No. 441/INC on May 23, 2002.…
Naupa Iglesia (Choquequilla)
Naupa Iglesia (also called Choquequilla, meaning "golden moon") is an Inca huaca shrine built within a cave near Pachar. A carved boulder displays chakana (Inca cross) motifs. The…
Pikimachay
Piki Mach'ay (Quechua piki flea, mach'ay cave, "flea cave", also spelled Pikimachay, Piquimachay, where machay means "drunkenness", "to get drunk" or "a spindle packed with…
Petroglyphs in Peru (5)
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 (Quechua llama llama, -cha, -yuq suffixes, "with a little llama (or llamas)", also spelled Llamachayoq) is an archaeological complex with petroglyphs in Peru. It is…
Miculla Petroglyphs
The San Francisco de Miculla petroglyphs, commonly known as the Miculla petroglyphs, are petroglyphs located 22 kilometres from Tacna, Peru. They are carved in low relief in the…
Pusharo
The Petroglyphs of Pusharo constitute a unique and extensive ancient rock art archaeological site in southeastern Peru's Manú National Park, an expanse of rain forest that still…
Toro Muerto
Toro Muerto is a collection of ancient petroglyphs in the Peruvian coastal desert, found in the Castilla province in the region Arequipa in Peru. The site contains some 3000…
Temple in Peru (5)
Huaca del Dragón
The Huaca del Dragon, also called Huaca del Arco Iris is an archeological site located in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, near Chan Chan. It is a large religious monument,…
Huaca Esmeralda
Huaca La Esmeralda is a Chimu culture archaeological site in Trujillo, Peru, located halfway between the city center and Chan Chan. The rectangular pyramid features two platforms…
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…
Mojeque
Mojeque, or Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, is a large archaeological site located in the Casma Province of Ancash Region in northern Peru. The site was first investigated by Peruvian…
Wilcahuaín
Wilcahuaín, Willcahuaín, or Huilcahuaín is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located near the village of Paria, 6 km northeast of the city of Huaraz, Ancash; at an elevation…
Other sites in Peru (52)
Aramu Muru
Aramu Muru is an abandoned stone carving in Peru, near Lake Titicaca, known as “Gate of the Gods”. It was discovered in the early 1990s and is believed to be an abandoned Incan…
Caballo Muerto
Caballo Muerto is an archaeological complex located on the northern coast of Peru, in the Moche Valley, in the Laredo District of La Libertad Region. The site is located in the…
Cantalloc Aqueducts
The Cantalloc Aqueducts are a series of aqueducts located 3 kilometres east of the city of Nazca, Peru, built by the Nazca culture. More than 40 aqueducts were built, which were…
Centro Arqueológico de Chinchero
Chinchero is an Inca archaeological site in Peru's Cusco region.
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…
Collor
Collor (possibly from Quechua quyllur, star) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Cajamarca Region, Cajamarca Province, Namora District. The site lies at a…
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…
Cumbemayo
Cumbemayo or Cumbe Mayo is an archaeological site located 20 kilometers southwest of the city of Cajamarca in Peru at 3,500 meters of elevation. The aqueduct and the petroglyphs…
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…
Guellayhuasin
Guellayhuasin is an archaeological site in Peru's Pasco region, northwest of Pallanchacra village at 3,167 m elevation.
Huamboy
Huamboy (possibly from Quechua wamp'uy, meaning "to navigate, to sail, to travel by boat") is an archaeological site featuring cemeteries and a village located on a hill of the…
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…
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…
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…
Kuntur Wasi
Kuntur Wasi is the name given to the ruins of a religious center with complex architecture and stone sculptures, located in the Andean highlands of Peru. Kuntur Wasi is located on…
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…
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 site contains over 80 structures…
Machu Pirqa
Machu Pirqa is an archaeological site of the Chachapoyas culture in Peru. It is located in the Amazonas Region, Chachapoyas Province, Magdalena District. Machu Pirqa is situated…
Machu Q'inti
Machu Q'inti is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. Machu Q'inti is situated above the left bank of the…
Maria Reiche Museum
A waxwork of Reiche sits at her workspace, and she is buried on the grounds. The Nazca Lines she helped protect were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
Mawk'allaqta, Castilla
Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta, is an architectural Inca complex above the contemporary mountain village of San Antonio (Pampacolca District, Castilla Province, Arequipa…
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, 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. In…
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.…
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.
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.…
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…
Muyu Urqu
An archaeological site and prominent hill in the Cusco Region, Santiago District, Peru, on the right bank of the Watanay River. The Quechua name translates to 'circle mountain'…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pilluchu
Pilluchu (also spelled Pillucho) is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru on top of a mountain of the same name. It lies in the Vilcas Huamán Province, Vilcas…
Pirca Pirca, Lima
Pirca Pirca (possibly from Aymara and Quechua pirqa wall) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. Pirca Pirca was…
Purunllacta, Cheto
Purunllacta (Cheto) is a settlement in Peru's Amazonas Region. Located in the Chachapoyas Province's Cheto District on a mountain of the same name, it lies northeast of another…
Pusuquy Pata
Pusuquy Pata (Ayacucho Quechua pusuquy a cactus, pata step, bank of a river, hispanicized spelling Posoqoypata) or Ch'illiku Pampa is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region…
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…
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…
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…
Rumicolca
Rumicolca (possibly from Quechua rumi stone, qullqa, qulqa deposit, storehouse) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Lucre…
Sara Sara
Sara Sara is a 5,505-metre-high volcano lying between Lake Parinacochas and the Ocoña River in Peru. The volcano formed during the Pleistocene during four different stages of…
Sechin Alto
Sechin Alto is a massive architectural complex in Peru belonging to the Early Formative period (2000-1500 BC). It is located in the Casma Province, the Ancash Region, on the left…
Tambomachay
Tambomachay (possibly from Quechua tampu inn, guest house, mach'ay cave, or machay drunkenness, to get drunk or "spindle with thread") is an archaeological site associated with…
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.
Tikra
Tikra is an archaeological site in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No. 952/INC on September 20, 2001. The site consists of circular…
Twelve-Angled Stone
The twelve-angled stone is an archeological artifact in Cusco, Peru. It was part of a stone wall of an Inca palace. The stone is currently part of a wall in the palace of the…
Vitcos
Vitcos was a residence of Inca nobles and a ceremonial center of the Neo-Inca State (1537–1572). The archaeological site of ancient Vitcos, called Rosaspata, is in the Vilcabamba…
Wanakawri, Cusco
Wanakawri is an archaeological site and a legendary mountain in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, in the districts San Jerónimo and San Sebastián, and in…
Wiraqucha, Cusco
Wiraqucha or Huiracocha is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,600 metres high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Andahuaylillas,…
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…
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