Las Trece Torres de Chankillo: arqueoastronomía y organización social en el primer observatorio solar de América
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial
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Las Trece Torres son un conjunto de estructuras dispuestas en una hilera de orientación Norte-Sur en la cima de una colina en Chankillo, un centro ceremonial del siglo IV a.C. ubicado en la costa norte del Perú. A partir de puntos de observación evidentes en los edificios adyacentes al este y al oeste de las torres, estas estructuras conforman un horizonte artificial "dentado" que comprende, casi exactamente, el arco anual de salida y puesta del Sol. De esta manera, las Trece Torres proporcionan evidencias de la práctica de observaciones solares y un sofisticado culto solar que preceden, por casi dos milenios, a los "pilares del Sol" del Cusco inca.
The Thirteen Towers of Chankillo run north-south along a low ridge within a fourth century BC ceremonial complex in north coastal Perú. From evident observing points within the adjacent buildings to the west and east, they formed an artificial toothed horizon that spanned —almost exactly— the annual rising and setting arcs of the Sun. The Chankillo towers thus provide evidence of early solar horizon observations, and of the existence of sophisticated Sun cults, preceding by almost two millennia the Sun pillars of Inca Cusco.
The Thirteen Towers of Chankillo run north-south along a low ridge within a fourth century BC ceremonial complex in north coastal Perú. From evident observing points within the adjacent buildings to the west and east, they formed an artificial toothed horizon that spanned —almost exactly— the annual rising and setting arcs of the Sun. The Chankillo towers thus provide evidence of early solar horizon observations, and of the existence of sophisticated Sun cults, preceding by almost two millennia the Sun pillars of Inca Cusco.
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Arqueología, Trece Torres, Chankillo, Arqueoastronomía, Observatorio Solar, Marcadores de Horizonte, Archaeology, Thirteen Towers, Chankillo, Archaeoastronomy, Solar Observatory, Horizon Markers
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