CONQUISTA INKA Y PAISAJES RITUALES EN LOS NEVADOS DE CACHI, NOROESTE ARGENTINO
INKA CONQUEST AND RITUAL LANDSCAPES IN NEVADOS DE CACHI, ARGENTINE NORTHWESTERN

Author(s): Iván Leibowicz, Cristian Jacob, Félix Acuto, Ricardo Moyano Vasconcellos, Alejandro Andrés Ferrari
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: archaeoastronomy; ushnu; horizon markers; Inca Conquest
Summary/Abstract: This paper describes an astronomical and landscape analysis at four Inca sites located in the Nevados de Cachi, North Calchaquí Valley, in the Province of Salta, Argentina. In particular, we considered existing ushnu platforms and their associated architectural elements, such as gnomons, and a petroglyph in Guitian, Cortaderas, El Apunao, and Uña Tambo. These results show the location, spatial layout, and arrangement of particular structures within Inca settlements based on astronomical orientations involving solstices, equinoxes, and lunar standstills.

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