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Psychiatric symptoms and mortality in older adults with major psychiatric disorders: results from a multicenter study
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Can the Inca site of Choqek'iraw be considered an agro-pastoral calendar?
International audience"Situated in the heart of the Vilcabamba cordillera in Peru, some 150 km northwest of Cuzco, the ancient Inca state capital, Choqek'iraw or Choquequirao (“the golden cradle” in Quechua), is one of the most beautiful achievements of Inca architecture, and one of the very few pre-Hispanic sites displaying large wall mosaics, the only one known from Inca times. This article will attempt to demonstrate that the figures represented on the walls convey cosmological significance and are laid out following textile principles. After describing the site and its geo-cultural setting, the mosaics' main characteristics will be examined in detail, in an attempt to grasp their meaning. Finally, the author suggests that some of the scenes depicted could have been inspired by pre-Columbian myths and could be linked to astronomical concepts." (source Ă©diteur)"Ubicado en el corazĂłn de la cordillera de Vilcabamba, a unos 150 kilĂłmetros de Cuzco, la antigua capital del estado inca, Choqek'iraw o Choquequirao (la cuna del oro en quechua), es uno de los logros más hermosos de la arquitectura Inca y el Ăşnico sitio de Ă©poca inca, con un gran mosaico mural. En este trabajo se intentará demostrar que las figuras representadas en las paredes podrĂan transmitir significado cosmolĂłgico y se distribuyen siguiendo principios textiles. Asimismo, despuĂ©s de hacer una breve descripciĂłn del sitio, ubicándolo en sus contextos geográfico y cultural, se analizarán las principales decoraciones que allĂ se encuentran para tratar de entenderlas. Los temas representados podrĂan referirse a antiguos mitos andinos y concepciones de orden astronĂłmicos." (source Ă©diteur