Kuelap Fortress Photo Gallery

By Tony Dunnell, About.com Guide

This stone structure is located in what would have been a home or storehouse. Is it a bench? Is it some kind of drainage system? According to one of the local guides, this stone channel served as a guinea pig run. A favorite food of many pre-Columbian cultures, guinea pigs were an important source of meat in a land with few domesticated animals. Peruvians still eat roasted cuy today.