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CAMACHO RIOS, Alberto. Regulatory function of practices associated with the construction of ancient temples. Relime [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.3, pp.327-353.  Epub 19-Sep-2022. ISSN 2007-6819.  https://doi.org/10.12802/relime.21.2434.

From the socio-epistemology, the writing presents an “epistemology of practices” that allowed the study of the measurement of the rectangular bases of ancient temples. Its objective is to analyze the metrological structure of three of them, built between 1000 BC and the beginning of the Christian era located in different geopolitical spaces. The results highlight four arithmetic characteristics with which the buildings were designed and built, in which the concept of the ratio between magnitudes of length, area and volume of each temple is involved. All four characteristics are part of the function normative that regulates construction activities.

Palabras llave : Genitive principle; Metrological structure; Normative function; Rectangular bases.