Abstract

MORALEJO, Reinaldo A.; GOBBO, Diego  and  COUSO, María Guillermina. USING MOVEMENT TO EVALUATE THE VISUAL LANDASCAPE: THE INCA SITE EL SHINCAL DE QUIMIVIL (LONDRES, CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA). Comechingonia [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.3, pp.20-29. ISSN 1851-0027.

The tools based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow us to explore the role that various environmental variables have in different human practices carried out through space, such as movement and visibility. The Inca spatiality was guided by certain political and religious rules that, in some way, could materialize in the landscape. This spatial structure made it possible to organize and regulate visibility and movement, which gave certain spaces or structures greater staging. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between mobility and visibility in the Inca site El Shincal de Quimivil, located in Londres, province of Catamarca, Northwest Argentina. We understand mobility as the ability to move through a landscape and visual landscape as the visual representation generated by (or associated with) a specific spatial configuration. A GIS toolkit was used for this analysis, allowing us to measure and quantify the different mobility paths and visual basins within the site. The results obtained have shown that both mobility and visibility register a heterogeneous distribution directly related to the topographical and architectural characteristics of the site.

Keywords : Incas; mobility; visual landscape,intrasite analysis.