Abandoned Andean hillfort town reveals incredible speed of Inca invasion

A round stone house at Ayawiri being excavated [Credit: Elizabeth Arkush]

A bronze ring found at one of the houses in Ayawiri [Credit: Elizabeth Arkush]

A heavy bronze chisel that would have been very valuable, left behind by the Colla people as they fled

[Credit: Elizabeth Arkush]

The view from the long-abandoned hilltop fort of Ayawiri in Peru [Credit: Elizabeth Arkush]

The hill on which Ayawiri perched [Credit: Elizabeth Arkush]

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