Constructing and Disarticulating the World: Landscapes, Memory, and Power in the Cuzco of the Inkas - The Case of Chakan

Bejar Luksic L.F.; Vranich A.; Abad Pérez C.; Chalco Salas A. · Nawpa Pacha (2025) · DOI: 10.1080/00776297.2025.2521949

Resumen

This essay investigates the construction and disarticulation of social landscapes at both conceptual and material levels, tied to the memory and power of the elites in the Cuzco Valley during the Inka period. It uses a case study of the micro-basin of Chakan, situated in the far northwest of the city. The social and religious implications of the landscape shaped by the Hanan Cuzco dynasty are examined through an analysis of a colonial myth. Additionally, the ritualized disarticulation of the landscape is analyzed based on the available archaeological record from excavations at the Chakan site. The results indicate ritual abandonment of ceremonial architecture, reflecting material consequences related to the cosmogonic restructuring of the known world due to Spanish presence in the area or as part of a more intricate phenomenon of historical awareness and social change.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Universidad Continental