Inkallaqta calendar wall
- Title:
- Inkallaqta calendar wall
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Zenith sun series
- Date:
- 1992
- Location:
- Inkallajta Site (Bolivia)
Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia)
Inkallacta Site (Bolivia)
Incallacta Site (Bolivia)
Inkallaqta Site (Bolivia)
Incallaqta Site (Bolivia) - ID Number:
- ISB_01307
- File Name:
- ISB_01307.jpg
- Subject:
- Inka astronomy
Inca astronomy and archaeology
Archaeological sites
Inca astronomy
Calendars
Inka observations of the zenith passage of the sun - Image View Description:
- View of Inkallaqta calendar wall
- Description:
- Astronomical wall which illustrates the movement of the sun from the December to June Solstice and the Zenith passage of the Sun. See map at ISB_00578 by David Pierra.
- 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 : 241
- 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.