Inca Culture

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The Inca culture may have existed as early as 800 ce and it began to move out from central Andes in the 1400s. The Inca people are located along the Andes mountain range in what is now known as Peru and some parts of Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. It became an empire when the powerful Inca ruler Pachacuti centralized the government.The Inca people held a strict social hierarchy where control was extended down to the very last detail. the Inka managed the art style throughout their territories, suppressing local ideas.Moreover the Inca people were masters of architecture, not only were they skilled when it came to working with adobe, but also fitting and shaping stone. Furthermore architecture from the time shows a very harmonious relationship between site and architecture.
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It is perched on a ridge between two peaks at 9,000 feet above sea level. Most recognizable the entire complex was designed with a noticeable sensitivity to the environment around it. There is also the Intihuatana which is a carved boulder that is located in the ritual area of the site, to the west of the main plaza. The carved boulders were apart of the Inca relationship with the earth and expressions of belief in a landscape inhabited by supernatural forces. The name Intihuatana, meaning hitching post of the sun,refers to the idea that it was used to track the passage of the sun throughout the year, used to determine when religious events would take place. There is also an observatory called the Temple of the Sun. It’s composed of two main parts: an upper curved stone enclosure with windows and niches placed in it, and a cave beneath this structure with masonry additions that hold more niches. The observatory’s upper walls indicate that they were used to calculate the June Solstice as well as the first morning rise of the

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