Monumental architecture Inca Empire

francisco pizarro

architecture important of incan arts, textiles reflecting architectural motifs. notable example machu picchu, constructed inca engineers. prime inca structures made of stone blocks fit knife not fitted through stonework. these constructs have survived centuries, no use of mortar sustain them.

this process first used on large scale pucara (ca. 300 bc–ad 300) peoples south in lake titicaca , later in city of tiwanaku (ca. ad 400–1100) in present-day bolivia. rocks sculpted fit repeatedly lowering rock onto , carving away sections on lower rock dust compressed. tight fit , concavity on lower rocks made them extraordinarily stable, despite ongoing challenge of earthquakes , volcanic activity.