Terrace complexes in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site

Paititi — Pinco Pichu Ridge Vilcabamba Second Spur (Pantiacolla East II)

Holocene landslide bench geology + modern Paititi projection onto Vilcabamba interior spur Late Horizon hypothesis projection onto natural bench geology · Natural landslide bench with colluvial stone-fronted pircas misread as Paititi interior citadel (no in situ culture)/ Late Horizon sherds downslope allochthonous Choquequirao wash

Interior Andes Paititi spur Pinco Pichu 2100 m — 30–50 m terrace lines and 10×8 m platforms under canopy, landslide benches with colluvial pircas, sherds allochthonous.

🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site

Paititi — Pusharo Ridge Western Terrace at Manú Headwaters (Madre de Dios West)

Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) Late Intermediate ambiguous pre-Columbian hypothesis · Hypothetical Inca refuge / pre-Inca (unvalidated)

Pusharo west ridge Paititi hypothesis 1.5 km rectilinear terrace 0.7 m and 10 m depressions under montane canopy — 1450 CE charcoal but no stone, landslide bench suspected.

🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site

Paititi — Pusharo Ridge Western Terrace at Manú Headwaters (Madre de Dios West) — v2

Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) Late Intermediate ambiguous pre-Columbian hypothesis · Hypothetical Inca refuge / pre-Inca (unvalidated)

Pusharo west ridge Paititi hypothesis 1.5 km rectilinear terrace 0.7 m and 10 m depressions under montane canopy — 1450 CE charcoal but no stone, landslide bench suspected.

🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city

Vilcabamba — Espíritu Pampa Vitcos Valley Submerged Sector (Concepción)

Late Horizon Neo-Inca (1539 – 1572 CE) · Neo-Inca State (Manco, Sayri, Titu Cusi, Tupac Amaru)

Last Inca capital valley floor — Espíritu Pampa Vilcabamba lowland terraces and causeway 0.5–1 m under floodplain jungle below Vitcos ridge.

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Choquequirao — Northern Terrace Coriwayrachina Saddle Sector

Late Horizon Inca (c.1450 – 1572 CE) · Inca (Quechua) Pachacuti — Tupac Yupanqui

Choquequirao northern Coriwayrachina saddle — Inca terraces 4 m and quartz llama enclosures across saddle from central plaza.

🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site

Gran Paititi — Manú Lidar Block Pusharo East Ridge (Madre de Dios)

Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) or Late Intermediate ambiguous Pre-Columbian hypothesis · Hypothetical pre-Inca / Inca refuge re-projection (unvalidated)

Paititi second ridge east of Pusharo — 2 km rectilinear terrace 0.8 m and three 12 m mounds under canopy, forest check 1400 CE charcoal but no masonry.

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Paititi — Pinco Pichu Ridge Vilcabamba Second Spur (Pantiacolla East II)

Paititi — Pusharo Ridge Western Terrace at Manú Headwaters (Madre de Dios West)

Paititi — Pusharo Ridge Western Terrace at Manú Headwaters (Madre de Dios West) — v2

Vilcabamba — Espíritu Pampa Vitcos Valley Submerged Sector (Concepción)

Choquequirao — Northern Terrace Coriwayrachina Saddle Sector

Gran Paititi — Manú Lidar Block Pusharo East Ridge (Madre de Dios)