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 to the shrines in their area, organized the city both temporally and spiritually. From 1990 to 1995, Brian Bauer directed a major project to document the ceque system of Cusco. In this book, he synthesizes extensive archaeological survey work with archival research into the Inca social groups of the Cusco region, their land holdings, and the positions of the shrines to offer a comprehensive, empirical description of the ceque system. Moving well beyond previous interpretations, Bauer constructs a convincing model of the system's physical form and its relation to the social, political, and territorial organization of Cusco.

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Author:   Brian S. Bauer
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292729018

ISBN 10:   0292729014
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   01 December 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and TablesPreface1. IntroductionThe Shrines and Ceques of CuscoThe Organization of Cusco and the Ceque SystemStudies of the Cusco Ceque System2. The Original Ceque System ManuscriptThe Date of the Original Ceque System ManuscriptSixteenth-Century Writings on the Cusco Ceque System3. HuacasThe Huacas of the Cusco Ceque SystemIdentifying Huacas: A Research Method4. The Social Organization of Cusco and Its Ceque SystemCollana, Payan, CayaoKings, Ayllus, and Ceques5. The Huacas and Ceques of Chinchaysuyu6. The Huacas and Ceques of Antisuyu7. The Huacas and Ceques of Collasuyu8. The Huacas and Ceques of Cuntisuyu9. Albornoz and the Cusco Ceque SystemAlbornoz and the Huacas of Chinchaysuyu10. Systems of Huacas and Ceques: Past and PresentEvidence of Other Inca CequesPossible Evidence of Pre-Inca Ceques: The Nazca LinesModern Ritual Lines in the Andes11. An Overview of the Cusco Ceque SystemAppendix 1: Rowe's (1980) and Zuidema's (1964) Numbering Systems for the Cusco Ceque SystemAppendix 2: Account of the shrines of Cuzco (Bernabe Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo, ms. 1653, Book Thirteen, Chapters 13-16). English translation by John H. RoweAppendix 3: Suggested Glosses of Huaca Names by Margot BeyersdorffNotesGlossary of Aymara, English, Spanish, and Quechua TermsBibliographyArchival SourcesPrinted SourcesGeneral IndexIndex of Huaca NamesIndex of Ceques

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A major contribution to Andean studies... Bauer not only provides a grand synthesis of what is known about the ceque system, but also provides new description, fieldwork, and interpretation. The book will have a wide audience. oClark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

"A major contribution to Andean studies... Bauer not only provides a grand synthesis of what is known about the ceque system, but also provides new description, fieldwork, and interpretation. The book will have a wide audience."" oClark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania"

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One of the leading authorities on the Inca, Brian S. Bauer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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