Late Horizon

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The Late Horizon was the final pre-Columbian period in the Andes, marked by the expansion and dominance of the Inca Empire across much of western South America.

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Label Occurrences
Late Horizon canonical 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean cultural period
archaeological period
associatedWith Inca Empire
associatedWithRuler Huayna Capac
Inca emperor Pachacuti
surface form: Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui

Topa Inca Yupanqui
capitalCity Cusco
characterizedBy administrative centralization
expansion of the Inca Empire
imperial road network expansion
political unification under Inca rule
state-managed agriculture
state-sponsored architecture
culturalTraits imperial Inca architectural style
standardized administrative centers
dominantCulture Inca people
surface form: Inca
dominantLanguage Quechua
dominantReligion Inca state religion
economyBasedOn agricultural terrace farming
state-controlled redistribution
endCause Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
endTime c. 1532 CE
follows Late Intermediate Period
hasKeySite Cusco
Huánuco Pampa
Machu Picchu
Ollantaytambo archaeological site
surface form: Ollantaytambo

Pisac
Sacsayhuamán
Tomebamba
hasRoadSystem Qhapaq Ñan
includesRegion Bolivia
Ecuador
Central Andes
surface form: central Andes

coastal Peru
highland Peru
Northern Andes
surface form: northern Andes

northern Chile
northwestern Argentina
Southern Andes
surface form: southern Andes
locatedIn Andes
western South America
partOf Andean archaeology
surface form: Andean chronology
precedes Colonial Period in the Andes
startTime c. 1470 CE
timePeriodWithin Late Intermediate Period of the Andes
surface form: Late Prehistoric Andes

pre-Columbian era
usesSystem mit'a labor system
quipu record-keeping

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Moray archaeological site era Late Horizon
Collasuyu timePeriod Late Horizon
Cuntisuyu timePeriod Late Horizon
Chachapoya culture timePeriod Late Horizon
Inca plazas timePeriod Late Horizon
mitma resettlement system timePeriod Late Horizon
subject surface form: Mitma resettlement system
Pilko Kaina timePeriod Late Horizon