Leibowicz, Ivan (Author)
Moyano, Ricardo (Author)
Ferrari, Alejandro (Author)
Acuto, Félix (Author)
Jacob, Cristian (Author)
Journal of Skyscape Archaeology
Volume: 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 165-187
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
In this paper, we present results of astronomical and landscape analysis at four Inca sites located in the Nevados de Cachi area, North Calchaquí Valley, Salta Province, Argentina. Selection criteria took into consideration the existence of certain traits of paramount importance amongst Inca architecture, such as ushnu platforms, gnomons and a particularly interesting petroglyph located in a high-altitude sanctuary. Results show that the location and spatial layout of certain Inca settlements, as well as certain structures within, were designed and located based on astronomical observation patterns centred on solstices, equinoxes and lunar standstills.
...MoreSimilar Citations
Article
Ivan Šprajc;
Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava;
(2016)
Astronomy and Architecture in the Maya Lowlands
(/p/isis/citation/CBB072641515/)
Article
Jeffrey Ryan Vadala;
Susan Milbrath;
(2016)
Using Virtual Reality to Understand Astronomical Knowledge and Historical Landscapes at Preclassic Cerros, Belize
(/p/isis/citation/CBB087892399/)
Article
N. L. Furbee;
R. J. Jiménez;
(2016)
Disarticulated Dual Seasons And Maya Cosmology In Highland Maya Communities
(/p/isis/citation/CBB572326722/)
Article
Steven Gullberg;
J McKim Malville;
(2014)
The River Intihuatana: Huaca Sanctuary on the Urubamba
(/p/isis/citation/CBB095812274/)
Article
R. Perez-Enriquez;
J. Galindo Trejo;
(2016)
Basis Of A Gnomonic Paradigm In Mesoamerica: The Case Of Mayapan
(/p/isis/citation/CBB825421872/)
Article
R. Moyano;
(2016)
The Crossover Among The Incas In The Collasuyu
(/p/isis/citation/CBB754564988/)
Article
Gerardo Aldana;
(2016)
Discovering Discovery: Chich’en Itza, the Dresden Codex Venus Table and 10th Century Mayan Astronomical Innovation
(/p/isis/citation/CBB809495495/)
Article
S Iwaniszewski;
(2014)
The Mesoamerican 6,940-day Cycle Reconsidered
(/p/isis/citation/CBB647223024/)
Article
Steven R. Gullberg;
(2015)
Marking Time in the Inca Empire
(/p/isis/citation/CBB771230966/)
Article
Stanislaw Iwaniszewski;
Jesús Galindo Trejo;
(2016)
The Starry Deer Caiman and Structure 44 at Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico
(/p/isis/citation/CBB994108800/)
Article
S. Iwaniszewski;
(2016)
Another Look At The Lunar Series At Dos Pilas, Guatemala
(/p/isis/citation/CBB698572984/)
Article
Aldana, Gerardo;
(2007/2008)
Glyph G and the Yohualteuctin: Recovering the Mesoamerican Practice of Time Keeping and Nightly Astrology
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252029/)
Article
Aylesworth, Grant R.;
(2004)
Astronomical Interpretations of Ancient Maya E-Group Architectural Complexes
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252015/)
Article
Grofe, Michael J.;
(2011)
The Sidereal Year and the Celestial Caiman: Measuring Deep Time in Maya Inscriptions
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252039/)
Article
Anthony F. Aveni, William Saturno;
Stuart, David;
(2013)
Astronomical Implications of Maya Hieroglyphic Notations at Xultun
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252568/)
Article
Mendez, Alonso;
Barnhart, Edwin L.;
Powell, Christopher;
Karasik, Carol;
(2005)
Astronomical Observations from the Temple of the Sun
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252023/)
Article
Carlson, John B.;
(2007/2008)
The Margarita Structure Panels [at Copán] and the Maya Cosmogonic Couplet of Ancestral Emergence: Redux and Reemergence
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252030/)
Article
Iwaniszewski, Stanislaw;
(2004)
Glyphs D and E of the Lunar Series at Yaxchilan and Piedras Negras
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001252016/)
Article
Aldana, Gerardo;
(2002)
Solar Stelae and a Venus Window: Science and Royal Personality in Late Classic Copán
(/p/isis/citation/CBB000202568/)
Book
Cowgill, George L.;
(2015)
Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central Mexico
(/p/isis/citation/CBB001422627/)
Be the first to comment!