Rumicucho Pucará — Quito
Late Integration to Inca (1400–1532 CE)·Quitu–Cara / Inca·🇪🇨 Pichincha Province, Ecuador
About
About Rumicucho Pucará — Quito
Rumicucho Pucará — Quito in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Late Integration to Inca (1400–1532 CE) fortress attributed to Quitu–Cara / Inca. Inca hillfort pucará terraced with retaining walls controlling equatorial line (Quitsato) pass. Inca pucará on hill 2400 m with circular storage collcas and Inca doorway, equatorial monument nearby.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Quitu–Cara / Inca occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1480 CE Inca upgrade
- Period
- Late Integration to Inca (1400–1532 CE)
- Culture
- Quitu–Cara / Inca
- Purpose
- Inca hillfort pucará terraced with retaining walls controlling equatorial line (Quitsato) pass
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1480 CE Inca upgrade
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
0.0200° N · 78.4300° W · 2400 m · 3 mapped features
Rumicucho Pucará — Quito — Summit Citadel
citadelHilltop citadel
0.0201° N · 78.4299° WRumicucho Pucará — Quito — Perimeter Wall Circuit
wallsEnclosing walls
0.0203° N · 78.4301° WRumicucho Pucará — Quito — Collca Storerooms
collcaStorage collcas
0.0198° N · 78.4297° W