The shape of Inca history : narrative and architecture in an Andean empire /

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In The Shape of Inca History, Susan Niles considers the ways in which the Inca concept of history informed their narratives, rituals, and architecture. Using sixteenth-century chronicles of Inca culture, legal documents from the first generation of conquest, and field investigation of architectural...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Niles, Susan A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Huayna Capac, > Inca, > -approximately 1525 > Contributions in architecture.
Huayna Capac, > Inca, > -approximately 1525
Inca architecture > Peru > Yucay Region.
Incas > Peru > Yucay Region > Historiography.
Incas > Peru > Yucay Region > Kings and rulers.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > General.
Architecture
Inca architecture
Incas > Historiography
Incas > Kings and rulers
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Genre and Context in Inca Historical Narratives
  • 2. Structuring Remembered History
  • 3. Making History Visible
  • 4. Huayna Capac's History
  • 5. Huayna Capac's Royal Estate
  • 6. The Architecture on the Estate
  • 7. The Agricultural Works on the Estate
  • 8. Huayna Capac's Built Legacy
  • 9. Inca Architecture in Historical Context.

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