Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire, and the surrounding region holds some of its most famous sites, including Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This makes the city a natural base for studying Inca civilization.
Inca civilization studies cover imperial administration, terrace agriculture, stone architecture, and the Spanish conquest. Museums, archaeological sites, and Quechua-speaking communities in the region provide direct material for study.
Note: no evidence of a dedicated master’s degree in Inca civilization at USIL’s Cusco center could be found; its Cusco offerings are short faculty-led courses that include Inca history among other topics.
Related reading includes pre-Columbian art history in Mexico, Mesoamerican archaeology in Honduras, Mayan archaeology field school in Belize, and Mediterranean archaeology in Tunisia.

