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Detail of the carved rock "El fuerte del Inca", Samaipata

1908 · Samaipata, Bolivia

Detail of the carved rock "El fuerte del Inca" at Samaipata, with niches, terraces and triangular seats. According to the catalogue the site had a religious use, probably ancestor worship. Photograph by Erland Nordenskiöld, 1908.

Date: 1908
Place: Samaipata, Bolivia
People: Erland Nordenskiöld (photography)
In the encyclopedia: History ↗Ritual and religious music ↗Places and regions ↗
Collection: Expedición Hernmarckska (1908-1909)
Format: JPEG / WebP / AVIF
Licence: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Credit: Nordenskiöld, Erland http://data.europeana.eu/agent/165109 Nordenskiöld, Erland
Source: collections.smvk.se ↗
No.: EFMA·IMG·11703

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