Book

The sacred landscape of the Inca: the Cusco ceque system

University of Texas PressAustin • Published In 1998 • Pages:

By: Bauer, Brian S..

Abstract
In this work Bauer attempts to reconstruct the Cusco CEQUE system, a ritual system composed of several hundred shrines or HUACAS roughly located along a series of forty-one lines or CEQUES radiating from the Temple of the Sun in Cusco. This document describes how the Inka people, both nobles and commoners, worshipped at and maintained these shrines and how these shrines were eventually destroyed by the Spaniards in their campaigns against idolatry. Appendix 2, ( pp. 165-177), written by Bernabé Cobo, presents a description of the shrines of Cusco and the names of the various CEQUES along which they were located. Margot Beyersdorff, in appendix 3, (pp. 179-210) , provides an index of the specific names of the shrines in the Cusco CESQUE system along with the translation of these names into Quechua, Spanish, and English, their position along the CEQUES, and their location in each of the four quarters (SUYUS) into which the Inka empire was divided.
Subjects
Place names
Topography and geology
Water supply
Maintenance of non-domestic buildings
Lineages
Clans
Territorial hierarchy
Chief executive
External relations
Sacred objects and places
Prayers and sacrifices
Ethnogeography
culture
Inka
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
South America
Sub Region
Central Andes
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2003
Field Date
1990-1995
Coverage Date
1532-ca. 1600
Coverage Place
Cusco (Cuzco) city and valley, Peru
Notes
Brian S. Bauer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and indexes
LCCN
97049914
LCSH
Incas