The Killke culture occupied the

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n region around

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from 900 to 1200 AD, prior to the development of

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n culture in the 13th century. Killke culture flourished in

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Peru in the

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around what is now

. Some suggest they, rather than the Inca, built small sections of the eventually massive fortress, '' Saksaywaman'', during the 12th century. In 2007, excavations uncovered a temple on the edge of the fortress, indicating religious as well as military use of the site. Killke

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first were described by John H. Rowe. These vessels often are globular with vertical strap-handles and having simple linear geometric decorations of black or black-on-red over a white or buff slip. It was the American archaeologist John Howland Rowe (1918–2004) who named the Killke culture.See: * *

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* Dwyer, E. B. 1971. ''The Early Inca Occupation of the Valley of Cuzco, Peru.'' Unpublished PhD thesis, University of California, Berkeley. * Ixer, R. A. "The Petrography of Certain Pre-Spanish Pottery from Peru," https://web.archive.org/web/20111113233438/http://www.goodprovenance.com/incapots.htm. Accessed 15 March 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Killke Culture Andean civilizations Archaeological cultures of South America 10th-century establishments in South America 12th-century disestablishments in South America 2007 archaeological discoveries

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