Paititi — Inambari Petroglyph Ridge at San Gabán (Puno South)
Paititi Inambari Ridge · San Gabán Petroglyph Ridge · Inambari Paititi Petroglyphs
Hypothetical Inka Late Horizon·Hypothetical Inka / Amazónico·🇵🇪 Puno, Carabaya Province, Inambari basin San Gabán ridge between Ollachea and Mazuko, Peru
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About Paititi — Inambari Petroglyph Ridge at San Gabán (Puno South)
Hypothetical Inambari petroglyph ridge at San Gabán on the Interoceanic corridor between the Andes and Madre de Dios, where fringe claims link Pusharo-style petroglyphs to a secondary Paititi map-rock indicating Inka refuge city further east in Puno's Inambari basin. Distinct from Manú Pusharo and Paratoari loci, this Inambari sector claims 1.5 km ridge with 22 boulders bearing Pusharo-clone spirals and summit cairn. 2017 Peruvian Ministry inspection found 22 boulders are glacial erratics with lichen spirals and historic prospector cairn; 2021 LiDAR showed ridge is fault scarp with no terraces. SERNANP classifies as natural. Claims extend Paititi to Puno after Manú denied.
Why it mattersInambari ridge extends fictitious Paititi cartography beyond Manú; highlights Pusharo uniqueness vs Inambari prospector folklore.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Whether any erratic bears genuine Amazónico engraving
- 02Attribution of cairn to Inka apacheta vs miners?
Theories
- 01Ridge is San Gabán fault scarp partitioning Andes-Amazon
- 02Spirals are lichen biocreep not peck
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- undated hypothetical; claimed Inka 1470–1572 CE petroglyph map
- Period
- Hypothetical Inka Late Horizon
- Culture
- Hypothetical Inka / Amazónico
- Builders
- Unverified Inka map-makers
- Purpose
- Hypothetical cartographic petroglyph guiding to Paititi gold city
- Abandoned
- 1572 Inka refuge abandonment
- Rediscovered
- 2010s Jamin-Inambari extrapolations; San Gabán inspection 2017
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 1470–1532 CE claimed
Inka peck Pusharo-style map on Inambari ridge (unverified)
2017
Ministry inspection: erratics and prospector cairn, no petroglyphs
2021
LiDAR: fault scarp, no culture
On the ground
Structures & features
13.4500° S · 70.4000° W · 1450 m · 3 mapped features
Hypothetical Spiral Boulder Field (22 boulders)
rock art22 erratics claimed as spiral petroglyphs at 1450 m
13.4505° S · 70.4050° WSummit Cairn (3 m, stacked stone)
cairn3 m cairn on fault scarp summit
13.4500° S · 70.4000° WFault Scarp Ridge (1.5 km)
scarp1.5 km fault scarp ridge at Inambari headwaters
13.4495° S · 70.3950° W