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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Iowa City, IA :
University of Iowa Press,
1987.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1587291681 9781587291685 |