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

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Jerry D. Moore, Jerry D. (California State University Moore
• Assisted by: Wendy Ashmore (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2005
• EAN: 9780521675635
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67563-5
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture