The Sacred Landscape Of The Inca
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The Sacred Landscape Of The Inca
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Author : Brian S. Bauer
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-07-22
The Sacred Landscape Of The Inca written by Brian S. Bauer and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-22 with Social Science categories.
The ceque system of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire, was perhaps the most complex indigenous ritual system in the pre-Columbian Americas. From a center known as the Coricancha (Golden Enclosure) or the Temple of the Sun, a system of 328 huacas (shrines) arranged along 42 ceques (lines) radiated out toward the mountains surrounding the city. This elaborate network, maintained by ayllus (kin groups) that made offerings to the shrines in their area, organized the city both temporally and spiritually. From 1990 to 1995, Brian Bauer directed a major project to document the ceque system of Cusco. In this book, he synthesizes extensive archaeological survey work with archival research into the Inca social groups of the Cusco region, their land holdings, and the positions of the shrines to offer a comprehensive, empirical description of the ceque system. Moving well beyond previous interpretations, Bauer constructs a convincing model of the system's physical form and its relation to the social, political, and territorial organization of Cusco.
Sacred Landscape Of The Inca
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Author : Brian S. Bauer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Sacred Landscape Of The Inca written by Brian S. Bauer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
A Sacred Landscape
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Author : Hugh Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-06-14
A Sacred Landscape written by Hugh Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-14 with History categories.
The author takes the reader on a journey back from the world of the Incas to the first dawn of Andean civilization.
Politics Of A Sacred Landscape
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Author : Adrienne Levesque Bryan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Politics Of A Sacred Landscape written by Adrienne Levesque Bryan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Empires use monumentality in order to control conquered populations and maintain political stability among the elite in the core. The Inca Empire, an Andean state in power during the 15th and early 16th centuries, used the ceque system, a network of ritual pathways connecting wak'as, or sacred places, as a tool to keep the elite and others tied to the state. The locations of these wak'as were recorded by the Spaniards in the late 16th and 17th centuries. In my thesis, I argue that there are wak'as and perhaps ceques that were not recorded by the Spanish that pertained to the ceque system and examine what defines a ceque line using visual and cluster analysis through GIS software.
Machu Picchu
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Author : Johan Reinhard
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 2007-12-31
Machu Picchu written by Johan Reinhard and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-31 with History categories.
Machu Picchu, recently voted one of the New Wonders of the World, is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, yet it remains a mystery. Even the most basic questions are still unanswered: What was its meaning and why was it built in such a difficult location? Renowned explorer Johan Reinhard attempts to answer such elusive questions from the perspectives of sacred landscape and archaeoastronomy. Using information gathered from historical, archaeological, and ethnographical sources, Reinhard demonstrates how the site is situated in the center of sacred mountains and associated with a sacred river, which is in turn symbolically linked with the sun's passage. Taken together, these features meant that Machu Picchu formed a cosmological, hydrological, and sacred geological center for a vast region.
The Oxford Handbook Of The Incas
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Author : Sonia Alconini Mujica
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Oxford Handbook Of The Incas written by Sonia Alconini Mujica and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
"The Oxford Handbook of the Incas aims to be the first comprehensive book on the Inca, the largest empire in the pre-Columbian world. Using archaeology, ethnohistory and art history, the central goal of this handbook is to bring together novel recent research conducted by experts from different fields that study the Inca empire, from its origins and expansion to its demise and continuing influence in contemporary times"--Provided by publisher.
The Incas
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Author : Terence N. D'Altroy
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-05-27
The Incas written by Terence N. D'Altroy and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Social Science categories.
The Incas is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest civilizations ever seen. Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, this thoroughly updated new edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies conducted over the last decade. • Written by one of the world’s leading experts on Inca civilization • Covers Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization • Explores advances in research that include pre-imperial Inca society; the royal capital of Cuzco; the sacred landscape; royal estates; Machu Picchu; provincial relations; the khipu information-recording technology; languages, time frames, gender relations, effects on human biology, and daily life • Explicitly examines how the Inca world view and philosophy affected the character of the empire • Illustrated with over 90 maps, figures, and photographs
Inca Sacred Space
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Author : Frank M. Meddens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Inca Sacred Space written by Frank M. Meddens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Andes Region categories.
A collection of conference papers which present the principles and functions of ushnus, Inca sacred spaces, through history, archaeology and anthropology.
Inca Rituals And Sacred Mountains
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Author : Johan Reinhard
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Release Date : 2010
Inca Rituals And Sacred Mountains written by Johan Reinhard and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
The Incas carried out some of the most dramatic ceremonies known to us from ancient times. Groups of people walked hundreds of miles across arid and mountainous terrain to perform them on mountains over 6,096 m (20,000 feet) high. The most important offerings made during these pilgrimages involved human sacrifices (capacochas). Although Spanish chroniclers wrote about these offerings and the state sponsored processions of which they were a part, their accounts were based on second-hand sources, and the only direct evidence we have of the capacocha sacrifices comes to us from archaeological excavations. Some of the most thoroughly documented of these were undertaken on high mountain summits, where the material evidence has been exceptionally well preserved. In this study we describe the results of research undertaken on Mount Llullaillaco (6,739 m/22,109 feet), which has the world's highest archaeological site. The types of ruins and artifact assemblages recovered are described and analyzed. By comparing the archaeological evidence with the chroniclers' accounts and with findings from other mountaintop sites, common patterns are demonstrated; while at the same time previously little known elements contribute to our understanding of key aspects of Inca religion. This study illustrates the importance of archaeological sites being placed within the broader context of physical and sacred features of the natural landscape.
The Ancient Americas
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Author : Richard F. Townsend
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Ancient Americas written by Richard F. Townsend and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art categories.
A lavishly illustrated catalog of a traveling exhibition marking the Columbus quincentennial explores the common threads in fourteen pre-Columbian cultures, from the Olmec, Maya and Aztec of Mexico and Guatemala through the Chavin culture (900-200 B.C.) of the Andes to the Moche, Chimu and the Inca empire, accompanied by essays from 26 scholars examining sacred geographies, myths and ancient beliefs as they are transmitted through visual arts and architecture.
