Abstract

GALDAMES ROSAS, Luis  and  DIAZ ARAYA, Alberto. Percepción y significado de la piedra en la geografía sagrada de las sociedades andinas. Runa [online]. 2015, vol.36, n.2, pp.5-23. ISSN 1851-9628.

This article examines the semantic components that the stone have in Andean societies. Based on ethnohistorical, linguistic and ethnographic background, we discuss the perception of the functions and meanings that the stone had to indigenous groups, according to cosmological and cultural contexts in which stone element is inserted in both the symbols as in the ceremonial display during the Tawantinsuyu.

Keywords : Stone; Perception; Andean world; Worldview; Meanings.