Andean Politics After the Fall of the Wari Empire

Name: Andean Politics After the Fall of the Wari Empire
Start: 1061
End: 1070

Type Event Region South America Time c. 1061–1070

After the Wari Empire collapsed around the late 10th to early 11th century, around the 1060s CE the central Andes and coastal zone entered a period o…

Timeline

c. 1061–1065Wari site (Huari) · Ayacucho RegionLarge centers such as the Wari capital Huari Viracocha had been abandoned for years, the sites looted and partly reoccupied; the unified administrative and religious symbolic system was no longer effective, and the imperial legacy was gradually replaced by local traditions.
c. 1065–1070Peruvian coast and central highlands · Ica RegionCoastal Ica-Chincha culture, Lambayeque precursor polities, and several highland chiefdoms each consolidated their territories; trade routes shifted from imperial coordination to regional networks, creating political space for the north coast kingdoms of the 12th–15th centuries and eventual Inca integration.

Sources

Wari and Their Descendants: A History of the Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period Peoples of Peru and Bolivia — William H. Isbell (2008)
The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru — Michael E. Moseley (2001)