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Inside Torre Militar

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Title:
Inside Torre Militar
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Zenith sun series
Location:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Torreon (Machu Picchu Site, Peru)
ID Number:
ISB_00498
File Name:
ISB_00498.jpg
Culture:
Quechua
Subject:
Inka astronomy
Inca astronomy and archaeology
Archaeological sites
Inca astronomy
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun
Image View Description:
View of Inside Torre Militar
Description:
Another view inside the Torre Militar or Torreon.
Bibliography:
Isbell, Billie Jean. "Culture Confronts Nature in the Dialectical World of the Tropics." In Ethno-Astronomy and Archaeo-Astronomy in the American Tropics, edited by A. F. Aveni and G. Urton. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 385 (1982): 353-363. URL: http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2193 : http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2193
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Zenith: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/zenith
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Series:
Zenith sun series : 092
Format:
Image
Rights:
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