Samaypata, 18 degrees S. 10' 30"
- Title:
- Samaypata, 18 degrees S. 10' 30"
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Zenith sun series
- Date:
- 1992
- Location:
- Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
Samaypata (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) - ID Number:
- ISB_00543
- File Name:
- ISB_00543.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Inka astronomy
Paqchas
Archaeological sites
Inca astronomy
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun - Image View Description:
- View of Samaypata, 18 degrees S. 10' 30"
- Description:
- A view of the largest Paqcha in the Inka Empire, the southern face of Samaypata. This is the largest carved outcropping in the Empire and there are no such carved stones further south suggesting that it is the last place that the zenith passage of the sun can be observed.
- 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. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2193
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 : 242
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including websites), exhibitions or broadcasts, without permission.