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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.
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Social life and customs, Religion, Incas, Indians of South America, Antiquities, Sacred space, Indians of south america, religion, Indians of north america, social life and customs, Cuzco (peru), antiquities, Indians of south america, social life and customsPlaces
Andes Region, Cuzco, Peru, Cuzco (Peru)Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System
2013, de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
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0292759541 9780292759541
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The Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System
Mar 01, 2011, University of Texas Press
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The sacred landscape of the Inca: the Cusco ceque system
1998, University of Texas Press
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