ANTHRO 114R Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ashlar, Pampas, Jauja
Document Summary
Planned city in the shape of a puma. Everything is usually built around the main plaza. Some have little nubs: thought to have been used for the building process. Each diff shape; each had individual spot. Inkas were also very famous for their trapezoid. Structural walls tend to lead a bit towards the inside; this is in all inka architecture. Curvilinear architecture is very rear, only seen at very special places. The walls effectively zigzag to better fortify defense. The wall stones are larger and rougher than at qoricanche. A system of lines that radiate out of cusco. There is another series of lines within the separating lines that have astronomical meaning. Roads are the main ceque system markers. Are still very well marked, 2 main roads. ~3ft wide, very steep at times, not for general populace: have stores, staffed by local ppl, established ~ 3 mile intervals.
