- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 431 p.) : ills ., maps.
- Summary
- An examination of the archaeological data on the Inka capital of Cusco through the lens of urban planning.
- Series Statement
- Ancient cities of the new world
- Uniform Title
- Cusco (Online)
- Ancient cities of the New World.
- Alternative Title
- Cusco (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-420) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2013007068
- OCLC
- ssj0000873393
- Author
Farrington, Ian S.
- Title
Cusco [electronic resource] : urbanism and archaeology in the Inka world / Ian Farrington ; foreword by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
- Series
Ancient cities of the new world
Ancient cities of the New World.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-420) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953-
Masson, Marilyn A.
Janusek, John Wayne, 1963-