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Cusco [electronic resource] : urbanism and archaeology in the Inka world / Ian Farrington ; foreword by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780813045092
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 307.760985/37 23
LOC classification:
  • HT169.P42 C893 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Urbanism in prehispanic Andes -- Inka architecture and urban buildings -- Canons of Inka settlement planning -- Archaeology and the town -- A historical topography of Cusco -- Analysis of the Cusco town plan -- Inka public spaces, palaces, and temples -- Kancha and streets: the residential plan-units -- Urban life -- Suburbs and the inner heartland -- Ceremony and ritual -- The navel of the world -- Cusco: toward an understanding of Inka urbanism.
Summary: An examination of the archaeological data on the Inka capital of Cusco through the lens of urban planning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urbanism in prehispanic Andes -- Inka architecture and urban buildings -- Canons of Inka settlement planning -- Archaeology and the town -- A historical topography of Cusco -- Analysis of the Cusco town plan -- Inka public spaces, palaces, and temples -- Kancha and streets: the residential plan-units -- Urban life -- Suburbs and the inner heartland -- Ceremony and ritual -- The navel of the world -- Cusco: toward an understanding of Inka urbanism.

An examination of the archaeological data on the Inka capital of Cusco through the lens of urban planning.

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