The Late Horizon© Alvaro Higueras |
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| Definition | This is the time when the Inka
society becomes an empire that spans from southern Colombia to middle Chile, dominating
about 5000 kilometers in the Andean range. It is the last period of the native Andean
historical sequence, and it will be the shortest onelasting for about 60 to 70 years. The
Inka society will create a complex administrative system to manage the extensive lands and
diverse peoples under its power. They will use administrative devices such as quipus (knotted strings), administrative sites, storage centers, a complex network of roads, and massive population movements. (Some of these devices may have been used earlier in the societies of the Middle Horizon, but the evidence in unclear.) In the artistic realm they will prefer an iconography that is dominated by geometric patterns, and will not use any previous Andean icon (be it the feline or the staffed god). It is the prehistoric period for which most oral and written information exists, as many of the Spanish priests and soldiers that arrived with Francisco Pizarro wrote several chronicles on the organization of the empire, its lore, its kings, and its religion. |
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| Time frame | After the Late Intermediate Period and before the Conquest Period. | |
| Location
of Inka sites and expansion stages |
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See also the Flash resource
SPATIAL
ORGANIZATION
IN THE CITY OF CUSCO |
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Vea también estos recursos Flash: Spatial Organization of the Inca City of Cuzco, Flash module by Tiwanakuarcheo.net Qhapaq Ñan: Inca Road System, Flash module by Tiwanakuarcheo.net Andean Irrigation: The Highlands, Flash module by Tiwanakuarcheo.net Pachacamac and Inca Occupation, Flash module by Tiwanakuarcheo.net |
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| Links to other periods | ||
| Preceramic Period | Initial Period | Formative Period |
| Early Intermediate Period | Middle Horizon | Late Intermediate Period |
| Introduction | ||
| Andean and Tiwanaku Archaeology Page Andean resources bar 4 Suyus Andinos |
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