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Author | : Stella Nair |
Publisher | : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2013-12-31 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1938770994 |
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The world's most artful and skillful stone architecture is found at Tiahuanaco at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. The precision of the stone masonry rivals that of the Incas to the point that writers from Spanish chroniclers of the sixteenth century to twentieth-century authors have claimed that Tiahuanaco not only served as a model for Inca architecture and stone masonry, but that the Incas even imported stonemasons from the Titicaca Basin to construct their buildings. Experiments aimed at replicating the astounding feats of the Tiahuanaco stonecutters--perfectly planar surfaces, perfect exterior and interior right angles, and precision to within 1 mm--throw light on the stonemasons' skill and knowledge, especially of geometry and mathematics. Detailed analyses of building stones yield insights into the architecture of Tiahuanaco, including its appearance, rules of composition, canons, and production, filling a significant gap in the understanding of Tiahuanaco's material culture.
Author | : Jean-Pierre Protzen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Download Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This architectural study attempts to explain how the Incas, who did not have iron tools or a knowledge of the wheel, were able to mine and transport extremely heavy stone and rock, following which these materials were converted into remarkably large structures.
Author | : Ephraim George Squier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 661 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Chimu Indians |
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Author | : Ephraim George Squier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Chimes |
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Author | : Hugh Thomson |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2003-12-30 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1468302302 |
Download The White Rock Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An explorer searches the Peruvian Andes for a lost ruin in “a gem of a book [that] transcends the travel writing genre” with fascinating Inca history (Los Angeles Times). A New York Times Notable Book With the backdrop of the ever-intriguing Andes mountains, Hugh Thomson explores the intoxicating history of the Inca people and their heartland. The author, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and explorer, expertly weaves accounts of his own discoveries and brushes with danger with the history of those who preceded him—including the explorer Hiram Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu; the twentieth century South American photographer, Martín Chambi; the poet Pablo Neruda; and the Spanish conquistadores who destroyed the Inca civilization—and the eccentric characters he meets on his travels. Following in the footsteps of the explorers Gene Savoy and Hiram Bingham, Thomson set off into the jungle to find the lost city of Llactapat. This is the story of his journey to discover it via the interconnecting paths the Incas laid across the Andes.
Author | : Sir Clements R. Markham |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317097777 |
Download Memorias antiguas historiales del Peru, by Fernando Montesinos Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.
Author | : Stella Nair |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2015-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1477302506 |
Download At Home with the Sapa Inca Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
By examining the stunning stone buildings and dynamic spaces of the royal estate of Chinchero, Nair brings to light the rich complexity of Inca architecture. This investigation ranges from the paradigms of Inca scholarship and a summary of Inca cultural practices to the key events of Topa Inca's reign and the many individual elements of Chinchero's extraordinary built environment. What emerges are the subtle, often sophisticated ways in which the Inca manipulated space and architecture in order to impose their authority, identity, and agenda. The remains of grand buildings, as well as a series of deft architectural gestures in the landscape, reveal the unique places that were created within the royal estate and how one space deeply informed the other. These dynamic settings created private places for an aging ruler to spend time with a preferred wife and son, while also providing impressive spaces for imperial theatrics that reiterated the power of Topa Inca, the choice of his preferred heir, and the ruler's close relationship with sacred forces. This careful study of architectural details also exposes several false paradigms that have profoundly misguided how we understand Inca architecture, including the belief that it ended with the arrival of Spaniards in the Andes. Instead, Nair reveals how, amidst the entanglement and violence of the European encounter, an indigenous town emerged that was rooted in Inca ways of understanding space, place, and architecture and that paid homage to a landscape that defined home for Topa Inca.
Author | : Jean-Pierre Protzen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2010-05-06 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1136970444 |
Download The Universe of Design Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines the theoretical foundations of the processes of planning and design. When people – alone or in groups – want to solve problems or improve their situation, they make plans. Horst Rittel studied this process of making plans and he developed theories – including his notion of "wicked problems" – that are used in many fields today. From product design, architecture and planning – where Rittel’s work was originally developed – to governmental agencies, business schools and software design, Rittel’s ideas are being used. This book collects previously unavailable work of Rittel’s within the framework of a discussion of Rittel’s theories and philosophical influences.
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Total Pages | : 844 |
Release | : 1868 |
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Author | : Henry Mills Alden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 842 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
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