Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xxvii, 198 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, maps, plans; 24 cm

Summary

1. Architect Alfio Pinasco Carella presents a multidisciplinary study on the architectural and urban elements of Pachacámac Sanctuary where is evident that the layout of its buildings are oriented deliberately related to the horizon where singular events occur and astronomical cycles are observed. "This book presents the results, until 2017, of the study of the architectural and urban alignments of the sanctuary, carried out through modern specialized software programs." (HKB Translation) --Page xxv.

Subject

1. Temples
2. Excavations (Archaeology)
3. Inca astronomy
4. Temples > Peru > Pachacamac
5. Pachacamac Site (Peru)
6. Excavations (Archaeology) > Peru > Pachacamac
7. Peru > Pachacamac
8. Antiquities
9. Peru > Pachacamac Site
10. Pachacamac (Peru) > Antiquities
11. Inca astronomy > Peru > Pachacamac

Contents

1. Presentación / Ivan Rodriguez Chavez -- Prefacio / Lorenzo Huertas Vallejos -- Prólogo / Hugo Ikechara Tsukayama -- Introducción Alfio / Pinasco Carella -- I. EL CONTEXTO -- Arqueoastronomía de Pachacámac -- Contexto ontológico -- La domesticación el tiempo: templos y astros -- II. TEMPLOS -- Componentes edificados -- III. MONTAÑAS -- Panorama geográfico -- IV. ASTROS -- Panorama astronómico -- V. MIRADORES ESPECIALES -- Miradores y ejes de visión -- VI. AGUA -- Agua y vida -- VII. Epílogo -- ANEXOS -- Discusión -- Tablas de las orientaciones.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.