Cusco (Killke cultural period)

Timeline

1. c. 900–1000Cusco Valley · Cusco RegionThe Killke people established dispersed, interconnected agricultural settlements in the Cusco Valley, building stone terraces and ritual structure foundations, forming an early form of highland urbanization on the southern Andean rim.
2. c. 1100–1200around Sacsayhuamán · Cusco RegionMore planned ritual centers and residential zones appeared in the valley; archaeological remains show the Killke had mastered fine stonework, providing a precedent for the spatial organization of the later Inca capital.
3. c. 1291–1300Cusco · Cusco RegionBy the late 13th century, Killke cultural remains were still visible in the Cusco Valley while local power structures were reorganized, laying the geographic and demographic foundations for the legendary founding of the capital by Manco Cápac and the expansion of the early Inca city-state.