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Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas. Mario J. Buschiazzo
On-line version ISSN 2362-2024
Abstract
TORRES PECEROS, Henry Eduardo. Reflections on Peruvian Pre-Columbian Architecture. An. Inst. Arte Am. Investig. Estét. Mario J. Buschiazzo [online]. 2018, vol.48, n.2, pp.157-170. ISSN 2362-2024.
Almost three centuries ago a catastrophe affected Peru. Lima was devastated by an earthquake which magnitude has been estimated of X on the modified Mercalli scale. Different criteria were adopted for the reconstruction of the city. On one hand, some techniques were re-adapted. On the other hand, it was established by decree the implementation of old pre-columbian techniques. The mentioned earthquake is showed as the starting point of this article to present a bibliographic review about the constructive earthen techniques in the peruvian territory, which can be considered and applied nowadays in the constructive earthen culture.
Keywords : Peru; Andes; Pre-Columbian; environment; adobe.