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Paisajes políticos y ushnu en el orden social y espacial de Choquerecuay, s. XV-XVI
Ñawpa Pacha, 2019 El sitio Inca de Choquerecuay está ubicado en la parte alta del Callejón de Huaylas. Presenta estructuras piramidales con posible “ushnu”, “kancha” y “colca”.
Miguel Díaz
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SHAPING PRECOLONIAL CONCEPTS IN THE ANDES: THEUSHNUFOR LLOCLLAYHUANCUPA (HUAROCHIRÍ, LIMA)
Latin American Antiquity, 2017 In precolonial Andean archaeology, specialists frequently deal with objects whose names and functions are unknown. Similarly, early colonial documents from the Andes often mention objects without describing their shapes or functions. How can we articulate these three features—names, shapes, and functions—for objects from precolonial and colonial ...
Gabriel Ramón Joffré
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Altars and Altitude: The ushnu and the puna during the Late Horizon [PDF]
, 2014 It is common knowledge that in the Andes ecological zones are linked to subsistence activities. Decades ago, working with non-portable sacred monoliths ( Pierre Duviols (1979: 23–6) proposed their variability according to their location, opening a path for material culture studies.
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This study is based on a pilot project that was launched to test the validity of a series of hypothesis about the nature, structure, function and role of ushnu platforms in the Late Horizon Inka landscape of the Peruvian Andes. The theories to be tested were firstly whether ushnu platforms were constructed to a precise form that closely resembled the ...
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This study is based on a pilot project that was launched to test the validity of a series of hypothesis about the nature, structure, function and role of ushnu platforms in the Late Horizon Inka landscape of the Peruvian Andes. The theories to be tested were firstly whether ushnu platforms were constructed to a precise form that closely resembled the ...
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The Ushnus in the astronomy of the Inca culture
Astronomische NachrichtenAbstractInferences are made about the relationship that existed between the Ushnus, pyramid‐shaped, terraced structures used by the Incas in the most important ceremonies of the Tawantinsuyo, and Inka Astronomy. We draw attention to Ayni, Kawsaypacha, Duality, and Tinkuy principles, multidimensional codes of conduct and wisdom that are at the root of ...
Milton Rojas Gamarra +3 more
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