Roads, Passages and Sacred Landscapes in Extreme Southern Tawantinsuyu
We present the results of an archaeological survey conducted on segments of thesouthernmost transversal path of the Qhapaq Ñan or Inca Road in NW Mendoza Province(Argentina). We suggest that this part of the road was connected to a complex set of relatedtrans-Andean tracks. The evidence presented he...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/38375 |
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| Sumario: | We present the results of an archaeological survey conducted on segments of thesouthernmost transversal path of the Qhapaq Ñan or Inca Road in NW Mendoza Province(Argentina). We suggest that this part of the road was connected to a complex set of relatedtrans-Andean tracks. The evidence presented here suggests that the Inca simultaneouslyutilized the highland passes Cristo Redentor and Navarro, and that the latter could havebeen part of a ceremonial pathway leading to the Aconcagua Mount, the main regionalapu/waca. We also propose that this complex was associated with other paths with logisticand ritual significance in the Tupungato and De las Vacas Rivers. Overall, the new resultsallow suggesting that the Inca applied policies of social control based on ideological meansin this part of the southernmost expanse of the Tawantinsuyu. The sacralization of thehighland pathways and their setting would have been a key component of these strategies. |
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