Callachaca: style and status in an Inca community
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1. Verfasser: Niles, Susan A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Iowa City, IA University of Iowa Press 1987
Ausgabe:1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index
Inca constructions, designed to conform to a state aesthetic, reveal the worldview of these masters of social and architectural engineering. In her meticulous analysis of Callachaca & mdash;the fifteenth-century estate of the royal Amaro Topa Inca and his retainers near the ancient capital of Cuzco & mdash;Susan Niles shows us that the physical order seen in this planned community reflects the Inca vision of an appropriate social order. Callachaca: Style and Status in an Inca Community will be valuable reading for archaeologists, art historians, geographers, architects with an interest in pr
A Note on Orthography; A Key to Symbols; Preface; 1. An Introduction to Callachaca; 2. Home and Community; 3. Special-Purpose Architecture; 4. Land and Water; 5. Shrines and Holy Places; 6. Style and Status in Inca Design; Bibliography; Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 248 pages)
ISBN:087745177X
1587291681
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