Talk: “Calendars of Pre-Hispanic Peru and Their Application in Cuzco, Capital of the Inca Empire” by Reiner Thomas Zuidema

• Event Date: Sunday, February 14, 2016
• Time: 3:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Part of the Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Series

The Andes of South America are considered one of the centers of early civilization, despite the fact of lacking the wheel, writing, and, it was surmised, a sophisticated calendar. Nonetheless, here was developed a good numerical and mathematical system, registered by way of systems of knotted chords and by way of textiles and their intricate patterns. Thus were documented also different precise calendars with the help of particular astronomical observations. On the basis of these means an early Spanish document also preserved an almanac of precise calendrical knowledge in Cuzco, capital of the Inca in the early sixteenth century.

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