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Diagrams of the astronomical tower at Incallacta in Bolivia

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Title:
Diagrams of the astronomical tower at Incallacta in Bolivia
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Zenith sun series
Date:
1992
Location:
Inkallajta Site (Bolivia)
Inkallacta Site (Bolivia)
Incallacta Site (Bolivia)
Inkallaqta Site (Bolivia)
Incallaqta Site (Bolivia)
ID Number:
ISB_00578
File Name:
ISB_00578.jpg
Culture:
Quechua
Subject:
Inka astronomy
Inca astronomy and archaeology
Archaeological sites
Inca astronomy
Diagrams
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun
Image View Description:
View of Diagrams of the astronomical tower at Incallacta in Bolivia
Description:
The explanation of the astronomical wall at Inkallaqta by David Periera H. archaeologist at San Simon University in Cochabamba. The sun illuminated speciific places on the wall during the Zenith passage of the sun, and the June and December solstices.
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 : 193
Format:
Image
Rights:
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