Abstract: Coricancha (Qurikancha, Qorikancha) was the most important temple in Cuzco, the capital of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire. The Spanish Conquistadores had the opportunity to see her, and her legendary richness, in November 1533, after entering Cuzco. Coricancha was the place to worship the most sacred effigies of the Inca cult, including the figure of […]
This paper is about the spatial mechanisms the Inka constructed in order to control time. Prudence Rice (2007) has recently discussed that mechanisms to control time were potent power tools in state-level Mesoamerican societies, such as the Maya. In the fifteenth century, the Inka built an empire in South America yet there is still no […]
Durante las dos últimas décadas, la investigación científica de las suntuosas tumbas de Sipán, San José de Moro, Batán Grande y Pashash ha vuelto a concentrar la atención de los arqueólogos en los líderes de los antiguos Andes. Esto ha originado un renovado interés por los palacios del mundo prehispánico. Pese a que el interés […]
