Callachaca :: style and status in an Inca community /

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 Cu...

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1. Verfasser: Niles, Susan A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 1987.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.
ISBN:1587291681
9781587291685

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