安地斯考古學七大紀年階段的第七個時期,約介於西元1476年至1534年間,印加人在此一時期建立起以庫索克(Cuzco)為根據地的帝國,版圖最終涵蓋從智利中部到哥倫比亞南部的區域。此時期終於西元1534年,印加帝國於該年遭西班牙入侵征服而滅亡。The seventh of the seven main chronological phases recognized in Andean archaeology, generally dating 1476-1534 CE, during which the Inca established an empire controlled from Cuzco, which eventually reached from central Chile to southern Colombia. The period ends in 1534, the year marking the fall of the Inca empire after the Spanish conquest.