Late Horizon period

E292773

archaeological period pre-Columbian era

The Late Horizon period was the final pre-Columbian era in the central Andes, marked by the expansion and dominance of the Inca Empire and the construction of major imperial centers and monuments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Late Horizon period canonical	4
Late Horizon (Inca period)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological period ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ
associatedWith	Inca administrative centers ⓘ Inca imperial expansion campaigns ⓘ Inca causeways ⓘ surface form: Inca road system (Qhapaq Ñan) Inca state religion ⓘ imperial storehouses (qullqas) ⓘ state-planned agricultural terraces ⓘ sun cult of Inti ⓘ
characterizedBy	expansion of the Inca Empire ⓘ imperial road construction ⓘ intensive terrace agriculture ⓘ political centralization under the Inca state ⓘ standardized administrative centers ⓘ state-managed labor tribute (mit’a) ⓘ state-sponsored architecture ⓘ
chronologyUsedBy	Andean archaeologists ⓘ
dominantCulture	Inca Empire ⓘ Inca Empire ⓘ surface form: Tawantinsuyu
economy	redistributive economy ⓘ state-controlled production ⓘ
endedBy	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
endTime	1532 CE ⓘ 1533 CE ⓘ
follows	Late Intermediate period ⓘ
hasCapital	Cusco ⓘ
mainRegion	Bolivia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ Central Andes ⓘ surface form: central Andes northern Chile ⓘ northwestern Argentina ⓘ
notableSite	Cusco ⓘ Huánuco Pampa ⓘ Ingapirca ⓘ Machu Picchu ⓘ Ollantaytambo archaeological site ⓘ surface form: Ollantaytambo Pisac ⓘ Raqchi ⓘ Sacsayhuamán ⓘ Tomebamba ⓘ
partOf	Andean archaeology ⓘ surface form: Andean chronology
politicalStructure	highly centralized empire ⓘ
precedes	Colonial period in the Andes ⓘ
startTime	c. 1470 CE ⓘ
timePeriodOf	Inca imperial monuments ⓘ construction of major Inca centers ⓘ
writingSystem	quipu-based record keeping ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of the Sun → timePeriod → Late Horizon period ⓘ

Antisuyu → historicalPeriod → Late Horizon period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Horizon (Inca period)

Inca terraces → developedInPeriod → Late Horizon period ⓘ

mascaypacha → timePeriod → Late Horizon period ⓘ

Chincana complex → era → Late Horizon period ⓘ