PACHACÁMAC Y QUILLAMAMA. LA LUNA EN LOS FRISOS CALENDÁRICOS DE HUAYCÁN DE CIENEGUILLA Y MARANGA
PACHACÁMAC AND QUILLAMAMA. THE MOON IN THE CALENDRICAL FRIEZES HUAYCÁN DE CIENEGUILLA AND MARANGA

Author(s): Juan Pablo Villanueva Hidalgo
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Pachacámac; calendar; Astronomy; Inca; Huaycán de Cieneguilla; Maranga
Summary/Abstract: "Pachacámac and Quillamama" are lunar deities Ychsma coastal and highland Inca, respectively, the domain interacted during the Tawantinsuyu had on societies that inhabited the central coast. Along with moon worship is also interacted astronomical knowledge and calendars use both of these regional coastal societies as used by the Inca Empire. These concepts are addressed through the iconic and archaeoastronomical analysis it “Calendrical Friezes”, made of mud, found in archaeological sites Huaycán de Cieneguilla and Maranga.

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