Killke culture

 ( Andean Civilizations ) 

The Killke culture occupied the region around Cusco, Peru, from 900 to 1200 AD, prior to the development of culture in the 13th century.

Killke culture flourished in highland Peru in the Late Intermediate Period around what is now Cusco. Archaeologist Oscar Rodriguez suggests that the Killke built small sections of the fortress Saksaywaman during the 12th century, prior to the Incan expansion of the site. Ancient temple unearthed near Inca capital, NBC News, March 14, 2008.

In 2007, excavations uncovered a temple on the edge of the fortress, indicating religious as well as military use of the site. NEWS - Comcast.net

John H. Rowe first described killke ceramic art. These vessels are often globular with vertical strap handles and have simple linear geometric decorations of black or black-on-red over a white or buff slip.Rowe, John Howland, "An Introduction to the Archaeology of Cusco, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 27 (2); Rowe, John Howland "Inca Culture," B.A.E. 21:200

It was the American archaeologist John Howland Rowe (1918–2004) who named the Killke culture.See:

• (2025). 9780292792029, University of Texas Press. . ISBN 9780292792029

• Wari culture
• History of the Incas

• Dwyer, E. B. 1971. The Early Inca Occupation of the Valley of Cuzco, Peru. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of California, Berkeley.
• Ixer, R. A. "The Petrography of Certain Pre-Spanish Pottery from Peru," Accessed 15 March 2008.