The Architecture of Kuelap
The Art and Architecture of the Pre-Columbian Chachapoya
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This book is a detailed study of the enormouspre-Columbian ruinKuelap in the Department of Amazonas, Peru. The textprovides adescription of this area of northeastern Peru and anarrativehistoriography of the ruin.From the time of Kuelap's introduction to themodern world in1843, the Kuelap has always been considered afortress. This studyis a reconsideration of this militaristic framing.The followingchapters also critique the belligerent stereotypeassigned to thenorthern Andean highlands for the Late IntermediatePeriod (1,000to 1,400 AD). The text also explores the historicaldigression,concerning...
This book is a detailed study of the enormouspre-Columbian ruinKuelap in the Department of Amazonas, Peru. The textprovides adescription of this area of northeastern Peru and anarrativehistoriography of the ruin.From the time of Kuelap's introduction to themodern world in1843, the Kuelap has always been considered afortress. This studyis a reconsideration of this militaristic framing.The followingchapters also critique the belligerent stereotypeassigned to thenorthern Andean highlands for the Late IntermediatePeriod (1,000to 1,400 AD). The text also explores the historicaldigression,concerning Chachapoya studies, caused by this mindset.Theories are then presented which will offer aplausible scenariofor the construction and occupation of Kuelap. Werethe enormouswalls erected to imitate the ubiquitous form in theregion, the cliffface? A new iconography for the Chachapoyaarchitectural friezework is also considered. This system positions thesegeometricfriezes as aspects of the human head: eyes, ears andnose. Closingremarks provide suggestions for continuedinvestigations regardingthe ruin.
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