SHULLUPACANGA: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD OF A CEMETERY WITH PICTOGRAPHS ON THE HILL SAN CRISTOBAL DE CHIQUIÁN

The San Cristobal's Shullupacanga hill, forros an outstanding landscape environ­ment, it is placed on Chiquian's proximities, on the front strip of Aija. The Shullupacanga presents itself as a referent of prehispanic occupations with relevant characteristics for populational, funerary and...

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Main Author: Alcalde Gonzales, Javier l.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 2004
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Online Access:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/Arqueo/article/view/13131
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Summary:The San Cristobal's Shullupacanga hill, forros an outstanding landscape environ­ment, it is placed on Chiquian's proximities, on the front strip of Aija. The Shullupacanga presents itself as a referent of prehispanic occupations with relevant characteristics for populational, funerary and symbolic studies. This site is placed on the middle and high hill's slope. Even though researchers have recovered infor­mation about an associated pictographs cemetery, there are no related studies from the region; therefore the information is not suitable for generalization. The follo­ wing article widely depicts the recovered data and, furthermore, proposes a debate regarding the implications that this kind of information could bring in order to understand the social relations which formally express this activities on the landscape. Conformando un entorno paisajistico singular el cerro San Cristóbal de Shullupacanga, ubicado en las cercanías de Chiquián, en la banda frente a Aija, se presenta como referente de ocupación prehispánica de características relevantes para estudios poblacionales, funerarios y simbólicos. Enclavado en la ladera media y alta del cerro se recuperado información sobre un cementerio asociado a pictogra­fías, sin embargo no existen estudios de vinculados en la región por lo que los datos no son generalizables. El articulo presenta extensamente los datos recuperados, y propone una discusión sobre los alcances que este tipo de datos pueden tener para entender las relaciones sociales que los formalizan en el paisaje.