ABSTRACT
The origins of Quechua literature date back to the age of carving petroglyphs on the craggy rock outcroppings, in the weaving of the tunics on the back strap looms, and the striking of slabs of granite from the rock quarries. Indeed, these manifestations of culture are “read” as texts when Andean scholars pause to consider the knowledge and belief systems of the Quechua peoples. Much of what is considered as literature of the Quechuas is dependent on the efforts of archeologists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians and folklorists who assemble the corpus we commonly label as Quechua literature.
