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Author Farrington, Ian S., author

Title Cusco : urbanism and archaeology in the Inka world / Ian Farrington ; foreword by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Ancient cities of the new world
Ancient cities of the New World.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Cities and towns -- Peru -- Cuzco
City planning -- Peru -- Cuzco
Urbanization -- Peru -- Cuzco
Human settlements -- Peru -- Cuzco
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Cities and towns
City planning
Human settlements
Social conditions
Urbanization
SUBJECT Cuzco (Peru) -- Social conditions
Subject Peru -- Cuzco
Cuzco.
Form Electronic book
Author Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- writer of forward.
Masson, Marilyn A., writer of forward
Janusek, John Wayne, 1963- writer of forward.
LC no. 2013007068
ISBN 9780813045092
0813045096
0813046327
9780813046327