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The Great Plaza of Tiahuanaco

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Title:
The Great Plaza of Tiahuanaco
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Zenith sun series
Date:
1993
Location:
Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Tiwanaku Site (Bolivia)
Tiahuanaco Site (Bolivia)
Tiahuanacu Site (Bolivia)
Tiwanacu Site (Bolivia)
Tiahuanaku Site (Bolivia)
ID Number:
ISB_00605
File Name:
ISB_00605.jpg
Culture:
Quechua
Aymará
Subject:
Archaeological sites
Plazas
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun
Image View Description:
View of The Great Plaza of Tiahuanaco
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 : 176
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.

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