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Diagram of the Horca del Inka

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Title:
Diagram of the Horca del Inka
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Zenith sun series
Date:
1992
Location:
Copacabana (Manco Kapac, Bolivia)
ID Number:
ISB_00579
File Name:
ISB_00579.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 Diagram of the Horca del Inka
Description:
Explanation of the functioning of the astronomical structure known as the Orca del Inka to cast a shaft of light through a hole in one outcropping onto a lintel during the morning of the June solstice.
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 : 160
Format:
Image
Rights:
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