A tambo (Quechua: tampu, "inn") was an Inca structure built for administrative and military purposes. Found along the extensive roads, tambos typically...

Qosqo Inca-Caranqui Llaqtapata Moray (Inca ruin) Oroncota Pambamarca Fortress Complex Písac Pukara of La Compañia Quispiguanca Rumicucho Tambo Viejo Tumebamba...

experience the distance and terrain that the chasquis traveled. Tambo (Inca structure) Inca road system Chasqui I Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe (1980) [1616]...

incorporated into Spanish Colonial structures. The famous royal estate of Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu) is a surviving example of Inca architecture. Other significant...

the tambos were the buildings with the greatest presence throughout the Inca Empire. The Inca trail (Qhapaq Ñan) had 20 or 30 km distant tambos (a journey...

of the Inca or local elites, mitimaes or other travelers. Tambos were so frequent that many Andean regional place names include the word tambo in them...

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu. It consists of three...

Cojitambo is an Inca and pre-Inca archaeological ruin, a popular rock climbing site, and a small village west of Azogues, capital of Canar province of...

Tambo Colorado (Quechua: Pukatampu) is a well-preserved Inca adobe complex near the coast of Peru, also known under the Quechua names Puka Tampu ("red...

The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in Peru. The Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1533 A.D., represented the height of this...

Recent thought is that they were storage pits built during the time of the Inca Empire (1438–1533). The band lies between 13°42′59.9″S 75°52′28.46″W / 13...

messengers resided in cabins called "tambos." These structures were positioned along the roads and built by the Inca people. These buildings provided the...

The economy of the Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1532, established an economic structure that allowed for substantial agricultural production...

Early Nasca pottery, to structures of the Inca period and remains from the Spanish colonial period. The archaeological site of Tambo Viejo is located at 20 km...

The Tawantinsuyu (Quechua: "land of the four quarters") or Inca Empire was a centralized bureaucracy. It drew upon the administrative forms and practices...

a Spanish-based orthography, for example Inca, Huayna Cápac, Collasuyo, Mama Ocllo, Viracocha, quipu, tambo, condor. This orthography is the most familiar...

case of continuous occupation in all of South America.: 195  Inca architecture Kallanka Tambo Qullqa Pukara Ushnu Gasparini, Graziano; Margolies, Luise (1977)...

Both Inca and local pottery styles have been found there. From Tambo de Licancabur, a zig-zag path led up to the mountain; there are further Inca structures...

effective Inca emperor, reigning from April 1532 until his capture and execution in July of the following year, as part of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire...

quantity of infrastructure (such as tambos, colcas, pukaras, etc.) along the Inca road. Incas remodeled Cajamarca following Inca canons of architecture, however...

Incas, Qullqa was the "mother", the senior over all heavenly patrons of earthly things. Inca Empire Incan agriculture Tampu: Tambo (Incan structure)...

sacrificial rite among the Inca that typically involved the sacrifice of children. Children of both sexes were selected from across the Inca empire for sacrifice...

detail as perro sin pelo del Perú, 'hairless dog of Peru', or the Peruvian Inca Orchid, a favorite in South American dog shows). The dogs were found buried...

1400s, and by about 1450 CE the Incas were occupying both areas. The Chancay likely had a centralized political structure and formed a small regional state...

Restoration works were carried out in the temple to completely expose the Inca structure without compromising the integrity of the Spanish building. The city...

Two water sites lie between the cemetery and the tambo. An Inca ceremonial path begins at the tambo and leads up the volcano. It is 1.5–2 m wide (narrower...

When refounding the city of Santiago de Chile on an Inca tambo, Pedro de Valdivia assigned the Inca temple to the northeast side of the Plaza Mayor or...

of Morro Chala is Puerto Inca, which until the early 20th century was known as Llacpatera. Here are Inca ruins and an Inca trail leading to the historical...

the ruins of the store houses and other remnant structures of the original inhabitants (not of Incas) are seen here in the backdrop of the snow-covered...

horizontally) into the Río Tambo valley, which rounds Huaynaputina east and south of the volcano. Some tributary valleys join the Río Tambo from Huaynaputina;...