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Altars and Altitude: The ushnu and the puna during the Late Horizon

, 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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A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes.

Cell, 2020
Nakatsuka N, Lazaridis I, Barbieri C, Skoglund P, Rohland N, Mallick S, Posth C, Harkins-Kinkaid K, Ferry M, Harney É, Michel M, Stewardson K, Novak-Forst J, Capriles JM, Durruty MA, Álvarez KA, Beresford-Jones D, Burger R, Cadwallader L, Fujita R, Isla J, Lau G, Aguirre CL, LeBlanc S, Maldonado SC, Meddens F, Messineo PG, Culleton BJ, Harper TK, Quilter J, Politis G, Rademaker K, Reindel M, Rivera M, Salazar L, Sandoval JR, Santoro CM, Scheifler N, Standen V, Barreto MI, Espinoza IF, Tomasto-Cagigao E, Valverde G, Kennett DJ, Cooper A, Krause J, Haak W, Llamas B, Reich D, Fehren-Schmitz L.   +49 more
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THE USHNU OF HUÁNUCO PAMPA: INCA CEREMONIAL PLATFORM AS A PLACE OF LIBATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE-RELIGIOUS CENTER PLANNING IN CENTRAL ANDES

, 2013
Se propone, en este artículo, que los componentes arquitectónicos de la plataforma ushnu de Huánuco Pampa, están vinculados espacialmente con el paisaje circundante y que los rituales de libación fueron la actividad pública más importante, razón por la cual esta plataforma, además de construirse al centro de todo el asentamiento, sirvió como principio ...
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La cerámica del ushnu del sitio Hualfín Inka (Catamarca, Argentina). Análisis preliminar

, 2012
Páez, María Cecilia, Lynch, Julieta
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The Importance of Being Inka: Ushnu Platforms and Their Place in the Andean Landscape

, 2015
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Yuri Cavero. Inkapamisan: ushnus y santuarios inka en Ayacucho. Segunda edición. Ayacucho: Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga, Municipalidad Distrital de Lucanas, 2010.

, 2013
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The Ushnus in the astronomy of the Inca culture

Astronomische Nachrichten
AbstractInferences 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, Mônica Baptista Pereira Estrázulas, Steven R. Gullberg, César A. Zen Vasconcellos   +3 more
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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 ...
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High Altitude Ushnu Platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, Structure, Ancestors and Animating Essence

2008
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 ...
Frank M. Meddens, Nicholas P. Branch, Cirilo Vivanco Pomacanchari, Naomi Riddiford, Rob Kemp   +4 more
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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 esta ubicado en la parte alta del Callejon de Huaylas. Presenta estructuras piramidales con posible “ushnu”, “kancha” y “colca”.
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