Ceque system

), Quechua pronunciation: [sɛq'ɛ]) system was a series of ritual pathways leading outward from Cusco into the rest of the Inca Empire.

[4] Thus a total of 41 or 42 known pathways radiated out from the Qurikancha or sun temple in Cusco, leading to shrines or wak'as of religious and ceremonial significance.

[5] Wak'as (also spelled huaca) were spots of ceremonial, ritual, or religious significance arranged along pathways called siq'is.

[6] The siq'i lines originate at the Qurikancha and travel, in relatively straight pathways, to the edges of the land added to the Inca empire by Pachakuti.

[13] As an extension of this theory, Zuidema proposed that each of the 328 wak'as may represent one day in the year, the time for the Moon to complete 12 circuits, and that some of the siq'is were used for astronomical sight lines.