Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes - The Archaeology of Public Buildings

An innovative 1996 discussion of architecture and its role in the culture of the ancient Andes.

List of contents

1. The contemplation of ruins; 2. A sample of ancient Andean architecture: a critical description; 3. The architecture of monuments; 4. The architecture of ritual; 5. The architecture of social control; 6. Summary and implications.

Summary

This 1996 volume uses analytical methods to approach architecture and its relationship to culture, politics, and religion in the ancient Andes. Jerry D. Moore's clear and richly illustrated discussion represents an original perspective on architecture and its role in the ancient world.

Product details

• Authors: Jerry D. Moore
• Assisted by: Wendy Ashmore (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2011
• EAN: 9780521553636
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55363-6
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 260 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 716 g
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture