Editing Inca road system (section)

==Inca Trail to Machu Picchu==
[[File:Part of the Inca Trail.jpg|thumb|right|Enroute to Machu Picchu on an Inca road.]] 
{{main|Inca Trail to Machu Picchu}} [[Machu Picchu]] itself was far off the beaten path,<ref>Fellman, Bruce (2002). Rediscovering Machu Picchu - Yale Alumni Magazine- December 2002 [http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_12/machupicchu.html "Rediscovering Machu Picchu"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506171545/http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_12/machupicchu.html |date=2016-05-06 }}</ref> and served as a royal estate populated by the ruling Inca and several hundred servants. It required regular infusions of goods and services from Cusco and other parts of the Empire. This is evidenced by the fact that there are no large government storage facilities at the site. A 1997 study concluded that the site's agricultural potential would not have been sufficient to support residents, even on a seasonal basis.<ref name="peabody.yale.edu">Life Styles of the Rich and Famous: Luxury and Daily Life in the Households of [http://www.incatrailtours.com/ Machu Picchu]'s Elite. {{cite book |author1=Lucy C. Salazar |author2=Richard L. Burger |url=http://www.peabody.yale.edu/education/curric/MPss/MParticle.pdf |title=Yale Peabody Museum Social Studies Curriculum |chapter=The Inca: From Village to Empire |access-date=2008-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219183406/http://www.peabody.yale.edu/education/curric/MPss/MParticle.pdf |archive-date=2008-12-19 }}</ref>