“Machu Picchu”

Written By Emily Su

“Machu Picchu”

  • Incan, agricultural complex Central highlands Peru

  • 1450-1540 CE

  • Material: stones

Context: built into mountain, observatory with niches, calendars, cosmological thought, terrace coming way of growing agriculture (potatoes), intihuatana stone (carved from bedrock stone, corners are aligned with the compass)

Function: religious pilgrimage site for the inca. 









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