Resumen del documento en inglés: Este artículo examina el diseño arquitectónico esculpido compuesto por una kallanka, una piedra labrada/enfatizada y una plaza en varios asentamientos Inka,y analiza como este diseño materializaba aspectos de la ideología del estado Inka. Una kallanka es una larga y publica estructura rectangular con numerosas puertas abriendo sobre una plaza. La […]
Cash is king lt’s a ‘cash only’ world in Peru which can take so me getting used to if you’re coming from the UK where people use plastic to pay for absolutely everything from tube fares to food shopping. Conversely in Peru, it’s almost impossible to use credit cards in small towns and villages while, […]
Peru On the hardscrabble, treeless highland plain that joins Peru with Bolivia, farmers have eked out an existence for thousands of years amid bitter winters and the harsh sun, at 4,000 metres above sea level and higher. As scientists predict climate change will make the Altiplano’s weather even more inclement and unpredictable, today’s farmers are […]
In 1988, a 2000 year old, golden headdress that once belonged to a Lord from the ancient Moche culture was looted from a tomb in the desert of northern Peru — and subsequently disappeared. Unravelling a story of murder and intrigue, this film follows the trail of a dangerous mafia of archaeological traffickers. We travel […]
Archaeologists working at the Huaca de la Luna have unearthed a previously unknown tomb belonging to a Mochica ruler. The tomb, which contained the remains of an adult male, held a number of objects indicating the man’s elite status. The body was accompanied by a copper scepter similar to the one found with the Lord […]
El Comercio reports that a team of Polish and Peruvian investigators looked specifically at the Intimachay area of Machu Picchu, which contains a structure with a front and side window. The researchers report that Inca astronomers could have watched and tracked a number of astronomical phenomena from the area, including summer and winter solstices and […]
Resumen El artículo se centra en el análisis de fuentes etnohistóricas vinculadas con las montañas sagradas andinas, que resultan relevantes para el estudio arqueológico de los santuarios de altura de época Inca. Entre las variables analizadas se incluyen la visibilidad y altitud de los picos, la presencia de nieve, el nacimiento de ríos en sus […]
RESUMEN. A través del análisis del significado de la guerra en los Andes, de la tecnología con que las armas de metal fueron fabricadas, así como de la evolución de las mismas a través de los diferentes fiorizontes culturales, hemos tratado de recuperar todos aquellos ejemplos de objetos de metal, hayan cumplido una función utilitaria […]
