The document describes artifacts from the Inca Empire including maps showing their road system, khipu records, ceramics, figurines, textiles, and tunics. It contains images and descriptions of these objects from the Late Horizon period between 1400 to 1532 CE when the Inca civilization was at its height before being conquered by the Spanish. The artifacts demonstrate the Inca's achievements in architecture, record keeping, craftsmanship, and weaving techniques.

1. Also spelled Inca
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2. Map of Tawantinsuyu (the Inka Empire, also spelled Tahuantinsuyu, “Land of
the Four Quarters”)
Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532
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3. Inka Road System
Left: Highland road with ruins of rest stops
Right: Coastal road
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4. Top Left: Rope bridge
Bottom Left: Construction / repair of rope bridge
Top Right: Steps and passageway cut from living rock
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5. Inka khipu, Late Horizon, c. 1400–1532, cotton and camelid wool, maximum
width = 42.5 in. (108 cm)
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6. Left: Guaman Poma de Ayala, Illustration from El primer nueva corónica y
buen gobierno, c. 1615, showing a khipu being read
Right: detail of knots in an Inka khipu
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7. Inka ceramics, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532
Left: Kero, height = 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Right: Urpu, height = 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
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8. Inka ceramics, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532
Left: Paccha, Height = 13 in. (33 cm)
Right: Vessel depicting urpu-bearer, height = 7 2/3 in. (19.5 cm)
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9. Inka figurines, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532
Left: Gold figurine, height = 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Center: Silver figurine, height = 2 in. (5 cm)
Right: Silver llama figurine with enamel inlay, height = 9 in. (22.9 cm)
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10. Left: Miniature tunic and bag, Inka, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532
Right: Silver figurine with cloth mantel and feather headdress, Late Horizon, c.
1500. Height = 7 in. (17.8 cm)
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11. Left: Inka tunic with checkerboard pattern, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532,
Height = 34 ¾ in. (88.3 cm)
Right: Guaman Poma de Ayala, Illustration from El primer nueva corónica y
buen gobierno, c. 1615
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12. Left: Inka tunic with Andean Cross pattern, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532,
Height = 35 in. (89 cm)
Right: Guaman Poma de Ayala, Illustration from El primer nueva corónica y
buen gobierno, c. 1615
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13. Inka tunic with tocapu pattern, Late Horizon, c. 1400 – 1532, Height = 35 ¾ in.
(91 cm)
Right: Guaman Poma de Ayala, Illustration from El primer nueva corónica y
buen gobierno, c. 1615
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