Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Doorway Pilcocaina, Isla del Sol
- Title:
- Doorway Pilcocaina, Isla del Sol
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Zenith sun series
- Date:
- 1992-07
- Location:
- Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia)
Island of the Sun (Peru and Bolivia)
Isla del Sol (Peru and Bolivia)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00592
- File Name:
- ISB_00592.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Inca sites
Inka sites
Archaeological sites
Doors & doorways
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun
- Image View Description:
- View of Doorway Pilcocaina, Isla del Sol
- Description:
- Pilcocaina Palace on the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca.
- Bibliography:
- Isbell, Billie Jean. "Culture Confronts Nature in the Dialectical World of the Tropics." In Ethno-Astronomy and Archaeo-Astronomy in the American Tropics, edited by A. F. Aveni and G. Urton. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 385 (1982): 353-363.
URL: http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2193
: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2193
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Zenith: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/zenith
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Series:
- Zenith sun series : 147
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including websites), exhibitions or broadcasts, without permission.
