Cusco : Urbanism and Archaeology in the Inka World.
Title:
Cusco : Urbanism and Archaeology in the Inka World.
Author:
Farrington, Ian.
ISBN:
9780813045092
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (455 pages)
Series:
Ancient Cities of the New World
Contents:
Cover -- Cusco -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Urbanism in Prehispanic Andes -- 2. Inka Architecture and Urban Buildings -- 3. Canons of Inka Settlement Planning -- 4. Archaeology and the Town -- 5. A Historical Topography of Cusco -- 6. Analysis of the Cusco Town Plan -- 7. Inka Public Spaces, Palaces, and Temples -- 8. Kancha and Streets: The Residential Plan-Units -- 9. Urban Life -- 10. Suburbs and the Inner Heartland -- 11. Ceremony and Ritual -- 12. The Navel of the World -- 13. Cusco: Toward an Understanding of Inka Urbanism -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
One person's lifelong research pursuit is brought to fruition here, in the first major publication on the planning and archaeology of the Inka capital of Cusco. No other book to date has focused so extensively on the oldest existing city in the Americas, the "navel of the world" according to the Inka Empire, a fascinating and complex urban landscape that grew and evolved over 3,000 years of continuous human habitation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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