Kuelap
Massive walled mountaintop settlement of the Chachapoya 'cloud people' in northern Peru, predating and outlasting Inca rule.
Dated events and their evidence
- 500 CE mainstream
occupation begins on the ridge (5th century CE) source - 900 CE mainstream
most of the ~400 circular structures and high walls built source - 1570 CE mainstream
abandoned in the wake of the Spanish conquest source
Where
6.4260° S, 77.9270° W
Sources
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