Astronomical wall
- Title:
- Astronomical wall
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Zenith sun series
- Date:
- 1992
- Location:
- Titicaca Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Inkallajta Site (Bolivia)
Inkallacta Site (Bolivia)
Incallacta Site (Bolivia)
Inkallaqta Site (Bolivia)
Incallaqta Site (Bolivia) - ID Number:
- ISB_00615
- File Name:
- ISB_00615.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Astronomical wall
Inka astronomy
Inca astronomy and archaeology
Archaeological sites
Inca astronomy
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun - Image View Description:
- View of Astronomical wall
- Description:
- The astronomical wall used to observe solsticial sunsets in June and December as well as the zenith passage of the sun. The wall is freestanding and not part of a building. Wall faces south.
- 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 : 195
- 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.