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Pachacuti Yamqui's drawing of the Qoricancha

Title:
Pachacuti Yamqui's drawing of the Qoricancha
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Date:
1978
Country:
Peru
Identifier:
ISB_01138
Subject:
Temple of the Sun
Inka astronomy
Inca astronomy
Diagrams
Drawings
Charts
Description:
This drawing depicts the Qoricancha, the Temple of the Sun, as described by Pachacuti Yamqui.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.

About the collection

This collection of materials is derived from Professor Billie Jean Isbell's 40 years of research in the Andes, primarily in the southern Andean department of Ayacucho and specifically in the village of Chuschi, Peru, and the surrounding region of the River Pampas Valley. Included in this collection are approximately 1500 photographs, thirteen songs, Professor Isbell's ethnography, To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, as well as selected publications.