The Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System

by Brian S. Bauer

Book Overview

The ceque system of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire, was perhaps the most complex indigenous ritual system in the pre-Columbian Americas. From a center known as the Coricancha (Golden Enclosure) or the Temple of the Sun, a system of 328 huacas (shrines) arranged along 42 ceques (lines) radiated out toward the mountains surrounding the city. This elaborate network, maintained by ayllus (kin groups) that made offerings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729014
• ISBN13: 9780292729018
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"