TAC features mountaintop Inca ruins = Choquequirao

[L. Coyote]

E-mail from TAC:

TAC features mountaintop Inca ruins
Monday, February 2, 2009

Friends and colleagues: Machu Picchu is not the only spectacular Peruvian site on a high Andean ridge. Another remarkable Incan site, this one with special historical significance, is described in Choquequirao: The Cradle of Gold, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

The Incan ceremonial and administration site and fortress of Choquequirao, over 3000 m above sea level, was built in the mid-1400s and became the focal point of Inca resistance to the Spanish Conquest from 1536 to 1572. Not built for easy access, the site today is reached in two days of disciplined march. Its urban design follows the symbolic patterns of the imperial capital, with ritual places, mansions for administrators, houses for artisans, warehouses, large dormitories, and at least 180 farming terraces that belonged to the Inca or the local people.

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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
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[Judi Lynn]

1. Wonderful news. Putting this in files to examine in a more peaceful time of the day. Many thanks. nt