The Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System Book
The Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System
Author: Brian S. BauerPublisher: University of Texas PressCategory: History Of The Americas, Ancient History: To C 500 CE, Archaeology, Physical Anthropology & EthnographyBook Format: PaperbackThe 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.
Table Of Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables Preface 1. Introduction The Shrines and Ceques of Cusco The Organization of Cusco and the Ceque System Studies of the Cusco Ceque System 2. The Original Ceque System Manuscript The Date of the Original Ceque System Manuscript Sixteenth-Century Writings on the Cusco Ceque System 3. Huacas The Huacas of the Cusco Ceque System Identifying Huacas: A Research Method 4. The Social Organization of Cusco and Its Ceque System Collana, Payan, Cayao Kings, Ayllus, and Ceques 5. The Huacas and Ceques of Chinchaysuyu 6. The Huacas and Ceques of Antisuyu 7. The Huacas and Ceques of Collasuyu 8. The Huacas and Ceques of Cuntisuyu 9. Albornoz and the Cusco Ceque System Albornoz and the Huacas of Chinchaysuyu 10. Systems of Huacas and Ceques: Past and Present Evidence of Other Inca Ceques Possible Evidence of Pre-Inca Ceques: The Nazca Lines Modern Ritual Lines in the Andes 11. An Overview of the Cusco Ceque System Appendix 1: Rowe's (1980) and Zuidema's (1964) Numbering Systems for the Cusco Ceque System Appendix 2: Account of the shrines of Cuzco (Bernabe Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo, ms. 1653, Book Thirteen, Chapters 13-16). English translation by John H. Rowe Appendix 3: Suggested Glosses of Huaca Names by Margot Beyersdorff Notes Glossary of Aymara, English, Spanish, and Quechua Terms Bibliography Archival Sources Printed Sources General Index Index of Huaca Names Index of CequesAbout Brian S. Bauer
Brian S. Bauer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author or coauthor of four previous books on the Inca.(BK-9780292729018)
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| Brand | University of Texas Press |
| Artist / Author | Brian S. Bauer |
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