MANAGEMENT OF SPACE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE HUANCHOSMARCA DURING THE LATE INTERMEDIATE

While the management and use of space at sites in the high altitude basin of Chillón have been studied succinctly, this article proposes to correlate field data conducted in 1998 with several diverse archaeological and ethnohistorical studies for the area. With this perspective we suggest that the s...

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Autor: Luján Dávila, Milton
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/12299
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/Arqueo/article/view/12299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Manejo del espacio
cuenca alta del Chillón
Huanchosmarca.
Management and use of space
altitude basin of Chillón
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Sumario:While the management and use of space at sites in the high altitude basin of Chillón have been studied succinctly, this article proposes to correlate field data conducted in 1998 with several diverse archaeological and ethnohistorical studies for the area. With this perspective we suggest that the site of Huanchosmarca was constructed under a model of asymmetrical growth in a manner directed at the sacred space of Cerro Cahuara or “guardian apu” of this area, a place that was linked to the parcialidad Viscas, the ayllu responsible for the Huanchosmarca and Quecamarca villages.