Acari

The Acarí valley cuts through the desert of southern Peru toward the Pacific. Here the Inca established the provincial center of Tambo Viejo amid an older landscape of settlements and irrigated fields. Its plazas and buildings served imperial administration and ceremony. Offerings of llamas buried at the site reveal the importance of ritual in the Inca presence, while remains of feasting show how gatherings brought people together in the valley after its incorporation into the empire.