Carved rock outcropping, Machu Picchu
For the Inca, the landscape was both sacred and animate, full of forces that demanded respect and offerings. Distant mountain peaks, called apu - a term of respect meaning “lord” - were among the most powerful of these forces.
| Published in: | Conversations |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Yale University
2013
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| In: |
Conversations
Year: 2014 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mountains
B Inca B Peru B Huaca B Machu Picchu |
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| Summary: | For the Inca, the landscape was both sacred and animate, full of forces that demanded respect and offerings. Distant mountain peaks, called apu - a term of respect meaning “lord” - were among the most powerful of these forces. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-241X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Conversations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/con.obj.2014.10 |