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La arquitectura de Cahuachi

2009, Nasca - el desierto de los Dioses de Cahuachi

Abstract

Soy de un pueblo que viene de lejos más allá del principio del tiempo Alonso del Río V 113

Key takeaways

  • The possibility of reconstructing the history of the architecture of a major ceremonial center such as Cahuachi demands having the knowledge on their planning sense and their constructive modalities, in order to propose some hypotheses regarding the geometric conceptions and the esthetic culture that generate them.
  • El trabajo de reconstrucción arquitectónica en Cahuachi agrupa las evidencias arqueológicas de manera secuencial: formas, tipologías de materiales y modalidades constructivas.
  • The architectural reconstruction in Cahuachi groups the archeological evidence in a sequential manner: shapes, material typologies and constructive modalities.
  • Cahuachi had been used as a huaca for many centuries up until it was defined as a cultural pole, at first, and posteriorly as a sanctuary then determining the consolidation of an architectural tradition based on the use of conic adobe bricks and which gave the temple a sense of coverage and testimony of a ceremonial reality.
  • o The Nasca Project (Without notes) o Cahuachi, the largest adobe ceremonial center in the world 1.