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Ancient Cities of the New World
ancient city
Andes region
anthropology
archaeology
architectural forms
Argentina
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building plans
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ceremonies
Colombia
cultural norms
Cusco
daily practices
economic structure
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heartland
historical narrative
Ian Farrington
imperial history
imperial provinces
Inka architecture
Inka cities
Inka culture
Inka Empire
John Janusek
Marilyn Masson
Michael Smith
navel of the world
oldest city in Americas
politics
prehispanic culture
relgion
social organization
South American history
urban core
urban planning
urban system
urbanism
Product details
- ISBN 9780813060958
- Weight: 333g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2014
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Inka capital of Cusco is the oldest existing city in the Americas. Known as the ""navel of the world"" during the Inka Empire, it was a fascinating and complex urban landscape that grew and evolved over 3,000 years of continuous human habitation. Ian Farrington has spent decades investigating Cusco and its surroundings, gathering an impressive mass of ethnohistorical and archaeological data.
In this volume, Farrington explores building plans, architectural forms, and urban planning techniques utilized at Cusco. He examines how each element impacted the development of various sectors of the ancient city and demonstrates how the Inka organized urban space within the contexts of their cultural norms and practices. These findings include analysis of major ceremonies and their association with Inka urban architecture.
This valuable study conceptualizes Cusco as a system including the urban core, the heartland, and the imperial provinces from northwest Argentina to southern Colombia. Its unique approach and expansive findings reveal the sophisticated nature of Inka planning.
In this volume, Farrington explores building plans, architectural forms, and urban planning techniques utilized at Cusco. He examines how each element impacted the development of various sectors of the ancient city and demonstrates how the Inka organized urban space within the contexts of their cultural norms and practices. These findings include analysis of major ceremonies and their association with Inka urban architecture.
This valuable study conceptualizes Cusco as a system including the urban core, the heartland, and the imperial provinces from northwest Argentina to southern Colombia. Its unique approach and expansive findings reveal the sophisticated nature of Inka planning.
Ian Farrington, senior lecturer in archaeology at the Australian National University in Canberra, is the editor of Prehistoric Intensive Agriculture in the Tropics and coauthor of The Ancient Americas.
