Cuzcotoro and the Inka fortification system in Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: In 1993 archaelogical investigations were carried out in the Department of Chuiquisaca in Bolivia in order to locate a certain Inka fortress called Cuzcotoro in several Inka histories (Sarmiento de Gamboa, Cabello balboa and Murua) and minor documents found in the archives of Cuzco and Seville. The fortress was located on a mountain crest with the name Khosko Toro in the communidad Pucara near the village of Azero. A description of the site and artefacts found in test pits excavated into the buildings is given and the fortress is placed into a wider historical context. Also another fortress was located on amountain ridge (Inao) situated ca. 25 km to the east from Khosko Toro. These two frotresses, together with a third fortress located already in 1913 by Erland Nordenskiold and called Inchuasi, form a complex of strongholds which the Inkas constructed against the fierce Chiriguano Indians of the Chaco Iowlands. Finally, the Inka bordre defence system towards the eastern Iowlands is briefly discussed.
Source: Baessler-Archiv
Authors: Martti Pärssinen, Ari Siiriäinen
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2474001367