Chachani, Misti y Pichu Picchu: pasado y presente de los volcanes sagrados de Arequipa.
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Departamento de Arqueología, Escuela de Antropología, Facultad de Humanidades y Artes
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El presente trabajo se basa en ascensiones efectuadas por la autora a las cimas de los montes
Chachani (6057 m), Pichu Picchu (5634 m) y Misti (5822 m), que rodean a la ciudad
de Arequipa, en el sur de Perú, incluyendo una permanencia de casi un mes en el interior
del cráter activo del volcán Misti, mientras colaboraba como investigadora invitada en las
campañas arqueológicas conducidas por Johan Reinhard y arqueólogos de la Universidad
Católica Santa María de Arequipa. Esta ponencia no apunta a la descripción de los resultados
de dichas investigaciones, sino a la ponderación de la importancia que los tres volcanes
han mantenido como rasgos distintivos del paisaje, apropiados y re-significados de diversas
maneras a lo largo de los siglos. Desde su utilización como santuarios de altura en época Inca
y como canteras de piedra y azufre en tiempos históricos, hasta su importancia actual para
montañistas y científicos, sin soslayar el papel simbólico que estos picos ejercen en la vida
cotidiana y en la religiosidad de la llamada “ciudad blanca” de Arequipa.
This research is based on the ascents undertaken to the summits of mounts Chachani (6057 m), Pichu Picchu (5634 m) and Misti (5822 m), in the outskirts of the city of Arequipa, in southern Peru. The author´s experience involved spending nearly a month inside the active crater of volcano Misti, while performing collaborative work with Johan Reinhard and the archaeologists at the local University of Santa Maria. The purpose of this paper is not directed towards the results of the archaeological research itself; our intention here is to ponder the significance that the three volcanoes have maintained as landscape features which have been used socially and symbolically in diverse ways during the past few centuries: as mountaintop shrines during the Inca civilization; as stone quarries and Sulphur mines during Colonial times, and more recently, as objects for scientific research and sportive recreation. Daily life and religiosity in the “White City of Arequipa” is still heavily influenced by the symbolic power of these neighboring volcanoes.
Fil: Ceruti, María Constanza - CONICET / Instituto de Investigaciones de Alta Montaña de la Universidad Católica de Salta
This research is based on the ascents undertaken to the summits of mounts Chachani (6057 m), Pichu Picchu (5634 m) and Misti (5822 m), in the outskirts of the city of Arequipa, in southern Peru. The author´s experience involved spending nearly a month inside the active crater of volcano Misti, while performing collaborative work with Johan Reinhard and the archaeologists at the local University of Santa Maria. The purpose of this paper is not directed towards the results of the archaeological research itself; our intention here is to ponder the significance that the three volcanoes have maintained as landscape features which have been used socially and symbolically in diverse ways during the past few centuries: as mountaintop shrines during the Inca civilization; as stone quarries and Sulphur mines during Colonial times, and more recently, as objects for scientific research and sportive recreation. Daily life and religiosity in the “White City of Arequipa” is still heavily influenced by the symbolic power of these neighboring volcanoes.
Fil: Ceruti, María Constanza - CONICET / Instituto de Investigaciones de Alta Montaña de la Universidad Católica de Salta
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Santuarios, Inca, Volcanes, Arequipa