Identidad y filiación por suyu en el Imperio Incaico
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2002
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial
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Mediante dos casos concretos se intenta demostrar que los incas forjaban identidades imperiales en base a la división de su territorio en cuatro suyus, llamada Tawantinsuyu. En el primer caso se trata del culto al Sol en la isla de Titicaca, en el cual participaban mitimaes procedentes de los cuatro suyus. A través de la reubicación de personas procedentes de los cuatro suyus, los incas generalizaron este culto a todo el imperio. El otro caso se refiere al culto rendido a los nevados de Arequipa, llamados huacas pacariscas. Estos cultos fueron mantenidos sólo por mitimaes del suyu en que se ubicaba el nevado, forjando identidades también a un nivel local. Además, hay que destacar que, al igual que en la región del Cuzco, la división en suyus se relacionaba con los lugares sagrados y, en este caso, con los sitios sagrados más importantes del territorio andino.
Identity and Suyu Affiliation in the Inca EmpireBy means of two discrete examples, this study attempts to show that the Incas forged imperial identities using the division of Andean space in four suyus, or Tawantinsuyu. In the case of the cult of the sun at Titicaca, groups from all four suyus participated. Through the resettlement of people from all four, the Incas generalized the solar cult to the entire empire. The other case deals with the cults to the snow-covered mountains of Arequipa, called huacas pacariscas. In this instance only mitimaes from the same suyu where the mountain was located participated. It is noteworthy that —as in the region surounding Cuzco— the suyu division in the larger territory was related to sacred places on the landscape, and in the instances explored here, to the most sacred sites in the Andean territory.
Identity and Suyu Affiliation in the Inca EmpireBy means of two discrete examples, this study attempts to show that the Incas forged imperial identities using the division of Andean space in four suyus, or Tawantinsuyu. In the case of the cult of the sun at Titicaca, groups from all four suyus participated. Through the resettlement of people from all four, the Incas generalized the solar cult to the entire empire. The other case deals with the cults to the snow-covered mountains of Arequipa, called huacas pacariscas. In this instance only mitimaes from the same suyu where the mountain was located participated. It is noteworthy that —as in the region surounding Cuzco— the suyu division in the larger territory was related to sacred places on the landscape, and in the instances explored here, to the most sacred sites in the Andean territory.
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Arqueología, Etnohistoria, Tawantinsuyu, Isla Titicaca, Identidad, Lugares Sagrados, Archaeology, Ethnohistory, Tawantinsuyu, Titicaca Island, Identity, Sacred Places
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