Farrington, Ian S.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
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Part of the series Ancient cities of the new world;Ancient cities of the New World.
Notes:

• 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.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-420) and index.

Subjects:

• Cities and towns — Peru — Cuzco.
• City planning — Peru — Cuzco.
• Urbanization — Peru — Cuzco.
• Human settlements — Peru — Cuzco.
• Cuzco (Peru) — Social conditions.

Requested by Towle, J