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Tunanmarca

Tunanmarca was a walled hilltop town of the Xauxa people above the Yanamarca valley, near the Mantaro valley in central Peru. Built in the 14th century, during a period of endemic warfare before the Inca conquest, it held thousands of circular stone houses grouped in compounds. Its ruins are among the best-studied pre-Inca settlements of the central Andes.

Tunanmarca
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tunanmarca. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tunanmarca
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The Epoch Institute. “Tunanmarca.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tunanmarca.
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