Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino

According to information provided by colonial documentary sources, a large number of ceremonial spaces linked to the ancient cults of the tutelary wak’a were identified in different regions of the central-southern Andean highlands (Bolivia). Placed on the tops of low hills and close to the settlemen...

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Main Authors: Pablo Cruz, Richard Joffre
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Published: Société des américanistes 2020-12-01
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description According to information provided by colonial documentary sources, a large number of ceremonial spaces linked to the ancient cults of the tutelary wak’a were identified in different regions of the central-southern Andean highlands (Bolivia). Placed on the tops of low hills and close to the settlements, they are distinguished by a variable number of stone walls arranged in a concentric manner. Although their chronology begins in pre-Hispanic times, the majority of these sites continued to be in use in the long term. Articulating new archaeological data with historical and ethnographic information, this paper presents and analyzes different aspects of these ceremonial spaces in the Andean highlands.
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Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
wak’a
tutelary hill
ceremonial pukara
highlands
title Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino
title_full Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino
title_fullStr Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino
title_full_unstemmed Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino
title_short Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino
title_sort pukara de los wak a cerros muros concentricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro sur andino
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ceremonial pukara
highlands
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/18487
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