El color de la tierra. Pensamientos sobre la predilección de los inkas por el color rojo
The esteem, predilection and veneration of the Inkas towards the color red is a subject that has been widely treated in archaeology and ethnohistory. For example, the geoforms of this color have been chosen as places of worship or wakas and have influenced when choosing certain spaces to build their...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Institut Français d'Études Andines
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/12705 |
| Summary: | The esteem, predilection and veneration of the Inkas towards the color red is a subject that has been widely treated in archaeology and ethnohistory. For example, the geoforms of this color have been chosen as places of worship or wakas and have influenced when choosing certain spaces to build their settlements. The objective of this work is to provide an explanation for this phenomenon and to unravel what aspects underlie the Inka conceptions of Andean spaces and places. Thus, the idea is not to simply repeat that the Inkas had a particular appreciation for the color red, but that, based on different types of archaeological evidence from different parts of the Tawantinsuyu, the aim is to construct a story that gives some kind of answer plausible to this phenomenon. |
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| ISSN: | 0303-7495 2076-5827 |