ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Machu Picchu, Coricancha, Inca Empire
12 Sep 2012
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An estate in the clouds: inka machu picchu. The inka, or sapa inka (unique inka), the ruler himself. Inka of royla blood ideal 40,000 who lived in cuzco itself. Inka by privilege lived around cizco, in surrounding valleys. Vast majority of empire were not called inka at all. Maize grown here is used only for ceremonial purposes. Sacsayhuaman outskirts of cuzco giant fortification big stone masonry blocks ground down to fit each other, to create a big architectural piece of artwork used as a military defense pointduring battles. Modern ecuador, peru, bolivia, northern chile, and northern argentina. Main spine ran from quito, ecuador in north to santiago, chile in south. Whole system of roads come off this. Agricultural lands for temples, royal houses, etc. Chica (corn beer), state provisioning compensation for labour. Located 80 km from cuzco, but in urubumba valley, steep landscape, very remote by today"s standards.
