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Ritual and pilgrimage in the ancient Andes : the Islands of the Sun and the Moon / Brian S. Bauer and Charles Stanish.
Penn Museum Library F3429.3.R3 B36 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bauer, Brian S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Incas--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia)--Religion.
- Incas.
- Religion.
- Inca mythology--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia).
- Inca mythology.
- Incas--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia).
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Shrines--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia)--History.
- Shrines.
- History.
- Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia)--Antiquities.
- Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- The Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Bolivia's Lake Titicaca were two of the most sacred locations in the Inca empire. A pan-Andean belief held that they marked the origin place of the Sun and the Moon, and pilgrims from across the Inca realm made ritual journeys to the sacred shrines there. In this book, Brian Bauer and Charles Stanish explore the extent to which this use of the islands as a pilgrimage center during Inca times was founded on and developed from earlier religious traditions of the Lake Titicaca region.
- Drawing on a systematic archaeological survey and test excavations in the islands, as well as data from historical texts and ethnography, the authors document a succession of complex polities in the islands from 2000 BC to the time of European contact in the 1530s AD. They uncover significant evidence of pre-Inca ritual use of the islands, which raises the compelling possibility that the religious significance of the islands is of great antiquity. The authors also use these data to address broader anthropological questions on the role of pilgrimage centers in the development of premodern states.
- Contents:
- 1. Inca Shrine Worship in the Andes 1
- The End of Empire 3
- The Great Sanctuaries of the Empire 8
- The Imperial Cults of the Sun and the Moon 14
- Pilgrimage Centers and the State: A Theoretical Perspective 17
- 2. The Lake Titicaca Basin and Its Prehistory 23
- The Lake Titicaca Basin 23
- An Overview of the Lake Titicaca Basin Prehistory 33
- 3. Inca and Early Colonial Activities in the Lake Titicaca Basin 47
- Ramos Gavilan (1621) and Cobo (1653) 47
- Lake Titicaca and the Origins of the Inca 48
- The Inca Conquest of the Lake Titicaca Basin 51
- The Early Colonial History of the Island of the Sun 55
- 4. The Islands of the Sun and the Moon Today: Geography, People, and Research 64
- Geography and People of the Islands 64
- Research on the Islands of the Sun and the Moon 78
- 5. The Island of the Moon 98
- Colonial References to the Island of the Moon 98
- The Early Colonial History of the Island of the Moon 102
- The Site of Inak Uyu 104
- The Archaeological Survey of the Island of the Moon 125
- 6. The Pre-Inca Occupations on the Island of the Sun 132
- Excavations at Pre-Inca Sites 132
- The Early Prehistory of the Island of the Sun (2000 BC-AD 400) 138
- The Tiwanaku Occupation (AD 400-1100) 147
- The Altiplano Period Settlements (AD 1100-1400) 154
- 7. The Island of the Sun under Inca Rule 158
- The Incas on the Island of the Sun 158
- Research at the Sites of Pilco Kayma and Kasapata 163
- Archaeological Research in the Sanctuary Area 179
- Astronomical Research on the Island of the Sun and the Copacabana Peninsula 207
- 8. The Pilgrim's Progress: An Archaeological and Historical Perspective 213
- Arriving at Copacabana 214
- The Journey from Copacabana to the Sanctuary of the Sun 216
- The Entrance to the Sanctuary Area 224
- The Sanctuary Area 230
- The Island of the Moon and the Return Home 231
- When Did the Visits Occur and What Was Offered? 232
- Who Maintained the Shrines on the Islands of the Sun and the Moon? 236
- 9. Pilgrimage and Ritual in the Ancient Andes 241
- Shrine Worship and Regional Control for the Inca Empire 244
- Ideology and Polity 244
- Appendix. Radiocarbon Dates from the Islands of the Sun and the Moon 251.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0292708890
- 0292708904
- OCLC:
- 44933596
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