Sillustani
Sign in to saveSillustani is a pre-Inca cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, most likely a Puquina-speaking people, conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Sillustani
- Ancient site.image
- Sillustani, Perú, 2015-08-01, DD 87.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- The tallest chullpa of Sillustani, about 12m high
- Ancient site.mapframe
- yes
- Ancient site.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Ancient site.map_type
- Peru
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Puno, Puno Region, Peru
- Ancient site.type
- Cemetery
- Ancient site.cultures
- Qulla people
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Chullpa
- Architecture
- References
- External links
Sillustani is a pre-Inca cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, most likely a Puquina-speaking people, conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century.
The structures housed the remains of complete family groups, although they were probably limited to nobility. Many of the tombs have been dynamited by grave robbers, while others were left unfinished.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sillustani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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