page_title: Huchuy Qosqo
section_title: The archaeological site
hierarchical_section_title: Huchuy Qosqo / The archaeological site
caption_attribution_description: English: Peru, Huchuy Qosqo Deutsch: Peru, Huchuy Qosqo
context_page_description: Huchuy Qosqo, is an Incan archaeological site north of Cuzco, Peru. Its name is Quechua for "Little Cuzco." It lies at an elevation of 3,650 meters, overlooking the Sacred Valley and 3 kilometres west and above the town of Lamay at an elevation of 2,920 metres. The site received its name in the 20th century; previously it had been known as Caquia Xaquixaguana, or Kakya Qawani.
  Huchuy Qosqo or Kakya Qawani, as it was known by the Incas, was probably established as a royal estate by the Inca Emperor Viracocha about 1420 CE.
context_section_description: Amongst a large number of buildings, some stone, some adobe, is a kallanka (great hall), 40m long. Providing water to the site is an Inca built irrigation channel, lined with stones for about 800m.
  The Spanish took control of Huchuy Qosqo in the 1500s, after the Manco Inca Revolution (approx. 1540) and used the site as a farm.  The Incas had constructed several small reservoirs for irrigation.  During their time at Huchuy Qosqo the Spanish demolished some other Inca structures to build the larger reservoir you see today.
  Below the main Huchuy Qosqo site is the recently restored store houses qolqas for dried meat and crops such as corn, potatoes, quinoa, and beans.  In this two story structure, you can see the historic cooling storage system known as ´conjeras.´
  This site is inaccessible by public road and only accessible by a  physically strenuous hike or on horseback. The two main access points by foot are from Lamay — 3 hours up a steep set of switchbacks — or from Tauca, Peru — about 4 – 6 hours on foot, the first third of the hike steadily increasing to a pass at 4400m, then mostly downhill, and visiting some other ruins. The 2 day route from Tauca to Lamay is described in Peter Frost's "Exploring the Cusco". A number of tour groups also lead two-day hikes or horseback trips to Huchuy Qosqo.
caption: Inca wall and agricultural terrace (anden)
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