feb 3, 1440 - City of Cusco

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andesite
central highlands, Peru
AXIS MUNDI, reflection of Inka power
2 sections: hanan (upper/high) and hurin (lower), these sections paralleled social organization (elites and commoners)
Pecking! important facet of masonry
stones for walss and such were individually carved to fit in w/ connecting stones
COMMUNITY
young adults were often pulled from their original villages: women to become Acllas (chosen women), making maize beer for religious rituals, weaving cloths for nobles an gods, and men to be educated and raised in traditional Inka culture

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