Inca Presence in the "Landscape of Events" of the Puna de Jujuy Sector: Huanca, Usno, Cachauis and Quipildor

The northeast sector of the highland of Jujuy was part of the Collasuyu region, in the south zone of the Tahuantinsuyu. There are clearly visible four architectural elements that was part of the "landscape events" between XV and XX centuries, huanca, usnu, cachauis and quipildor, which are...

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Main Author: Gentile, Margarita E.
Format: Others
Language:Español
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 2012
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Online Access:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/boletindearqueologia/article/view/1992/1923
http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113633
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Summary:The northeast sector of the highland of Jujuy was part of the Collasuyu region, in the south zone of the Tahuantinsuyu. There are clearly visible four architectural elements that was part of the "landscape events" between XV and XX centuries, huanca, usnu, cachauis and quipildor, which are related with different but not various, periodical ceremonies destined to remember and to ask the help of the ancestors and the Lightning deity. As well, all of them are of common visibility in the archaeology and folklore of the zone. === El sector noroeste del altiplano jujeño formó parte del Collasuyu, rumbo sur del Tahuantinsuyu. Allí son claramente visibles cuatro elementos arquitectónicos que formaron parte del "paisaje de acontecimientos" entre los siglos XV y XX: huanca, usnu, cachauis y quipildor, relacionados con distintas, pero no diversas, ceremonias periódicas destinadas a recordar y solicitar la ayuda de los antepasados y el Rayo. Todos ellos son, además, de regular visibilidad en la arqueología y folklore de la zona.