Frank M Meddens
Biographic Data
| ID | 359241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank M Meddens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank M |
| FAMILY NAME | Meddens |
| SIGNATURE | MEDDENS F M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contested sacred ground and mistaken idioms
The cross followed the sword in the Spanish colonisation of the Americas. This Christian evangelisation went hand in hand with the conquistador’s subjugation of the Central Andeans. An evangelisation whose material correlates revolved around church architecture. In the colonial tumult of the first 80 years in the Andes, Christianity adapted swiftly to changing social and populational circumstances, and church buildings reflected this shift. We tr…
Inca "Stone Ancestors" in Context at a High-AltitudeUsnuPlatform
Recent investigations at mountaintop sites around the Ayacucho Basin in the central Andes have identified a distinctive category of isolated Inca stone-faced platforms. Test excavations of the three-tiered platform at one site, Incapirqa/Waminan, revealed a narrow vertical shaft penetrating from the original surface through the fills to a small basin cut into the underlying andesite bedrock. A carefully arranged deposit of three unusual stones wa…
High Altitude Ushnu Platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, Structure, Ancestors and Animating Essence
Inca "Stone Ancestors" in Context at a High-AltitudeUsnuPlatform
Recent investigations at mountaintop sites around the Ayacucho Basin in the central Andes have identified a distinctive category of isolated Inca stone-faced platforms. Test excavations of the three-tiered platform at one site, Incapirqa/Waminan, revealed a narrow vertical shaft penetrating from the original surface through the fills to a small basin cut into the underlying andesite bedrock. A carefully arranged deposit of three unusual stones wa…
High Altitude Ushnu Platforms in the Department of Ayacucho Peru, Structure, Ancestors and Animating Essence
Inca "Stone Ancestors" in Context at a High-AltitudeUsnuPlatform
Recent investigations at mountaintop sites around the Ayacucho Basin in the central Andes have identified a distinctive category of isolated Inca stone-faced platforms. Test excavations of the three-tiered platform at one site, Incapirqa/Waminan, revealed a narrow vertical shaft penetrating from the original surface through the fills to a small basin cut into the underlying andesite bedrock. A carefully arranged deposit of three unusual stones wa…
Contested sacred ground and mistaken idioms
The cross followed the sword in the Spanish colonisation of the Americas. This Christian evangelisation went hand in hand with the conquistador’s subjugation of the Central Andeans. An evangelisation whose material correlates revolved around church architecture. In the colonial tumult of the first 80 years in the Andes, Christianity adapted swiftly to changing social and populational circumstances, and church buildings reflected this shift. We tr…
Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Excavation (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Latin American history and culture (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 work) · Bedrock (1 work) · Cartography (1 work)