El rol del qhapaq ñan y los apus en la expansión del tawantinsuyu

Abstract

In this article, there is a discussion on the significance of the link between the Inca road network, with its physical infrastructure, and the apus or sacralized mountains, with their symbolic infrastructure, as the founding elements of a new and particularly unified way of building and perceiving landscape. There is an analysis of the constituting and defining elements of the Inca roads and a hypothesis consisting of five points, ranging from social and environmental exploration to effective territorial occupation. The article concludes with an integral analysis of the information regarding Inca roads and landscape, which leads to the proposal of a tripartite classification.