A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many archeologists agree that cylindrical towers known as ‘chullpas’ (chulpas), which can be viewed at Sillustani, Cutimbo, and other places, are the work of pre-Inca culture.
Chullpa, funerary urn, Sillustani, Peru. The upper one from the Inca period, the lower one from the Tiahuanaco period. Image credit: CC BY SA 4.0
Sillustani is a pre-Incan burial ground (of the Colla people) on the shores of Lake Umayo, approximately 35 miles from Puno in Peru. It is a prehistoric place where the most important people of the society of the time were buried, dressed in fine garments, ornaments and perfectly mummified.
Chullpas were perfectly circular-shaped funeral towers that reached heights up to twelve meters. The building material was a volcanic stone carved by the skilled architects of the Collas.
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