@article{fdi:010080542,
  title = {{E}vidence of a large "prehistorical" earthquake during {I}nca times ? {N}ew insights from an indigenous chronicle ({C}usco, {P}eru)},
  author = {{C}ombey, {A}. and {A}udin, {L}aurence and {B}enavente, {C}. and {B}ouysse-{C}assagne, {T}. and {M}arconato, {L}. and {R}osell, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} colonial chronicle written by the indigenous {P}eruvian author {P}achacuti {Y}amqui {S}alcamaygua ([1613?]) relates a legend of the sudden appearance of a huge animal - kilometres in length and approximately 4 m in width - and described as the {A}ndean snake-like deity amaru. {P}achacuti {Y}amqui alleged that this fantastic event occurred on the day that the sovereign {P}achacuti {I}nca {Y}upanqui's eldest son was born around 1440 {CE}, and was named "{A}maru". {W}e suggest that the underlying event was an earthquake, and that the propagation of the surface rupture across the landscape resembled a sudden appearance of a snake-like being wriggling over the mountains and leaving an undulating surface trace. {T}he concordance between the snake's route and the layout of a major fault complex above {C}usco, as well as several ethnographic testimonies, support this hypothesis. {A}lthough little is known about pre-1532 {CE} seismicity, the current tectonic settings of the {C}usco area point to seismic awareness of the {I}ncas (ca. 1300-1532 {CE}). {I}ndependent results from architectural and paleoseismological fields in the {C}usco area corroborate a significant impact of large earthquakes on local societies. {I}n {P}eru, without pre-{H}ispanic written sources, the oral folklore and traditions preserved in {S}panish chronicles offer a relevant, but still underexploited resource for identifying paleo-extreme events. {C}ombining multidisciplinary geomorphic observations, archaeological evidence and historical sources, we revisit this legendary episode and its possible implications.},
  keywords = {{O}ral traditions ; {H}istorical earthquakes ; {A}ctive tectonics ; {G}eomythology ; {I}nca ; {C}usco ; {PEROU} ; {ANDES} ; {CUZCO} {VALLEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}rchaeological {S}cience - {R}eports},
  volume = {34},
  numero = {{B}},
  pages = {102659 [10 ]},
  ISSN = {2352-409{X}},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102659},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080542},
}