Cusco : urbanism and archaeology in the Inka world /

Cusco : urbanism and archaeology in the Inka world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Farrington, Ian S., author.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Ancient cities of the new world Ancient cities of the New World.
Subject:	Cities and towns -- Peru -- Cuzco. City planning -- Peru -- Cuzco. Urbanization -- Peru -- Cuzco. Human settlements -- Peru -- Cuzco. Cities and towns. City planning. Human settlements. Social conditions. Urbanization. Cuzco (Peru) -- Social conditions. Peru -- Cuzco. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187918

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Other authors / contributors:	Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- writer of forward. Masson, Marilyn A., writer of forward. Janusek, John Wayne, 1963- writer of forward.
ISBN:	9780813045092 0813045096 9780813044330 0813044332
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	An examination of the archaeological data on the Inka capital of Cusco through the lens of urban planning.
Other form:	Print version: Farrington, Ian S. Cusco. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2013 9780813044330
Standard no.:	40022472244

Table of 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.