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Inca constructions, designed to conform to a state aesthetic, reveal the worldview of these masters of social and architectural engineering. In her meticulous analysis of Callachaca-the fifteenth-century estate of the royal Amaro Topa Inca and his retainers near the ancient capital of Cuzco-Susan Niles shows us that the physical order seen in this planned community reflects the Inca vision of an appropriate social order.Callachaca: Style and Status in an Inca Community will be valuable reading for archaeologists, art historians, geographers, architects with an inte

Callachaca Site (Peru). --- Inca architecture. --- Incas -- Social life and customs. --- Peru -- Antiquities. --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Latin America --- Callachaca Site (Peru) --- Peru --- Antiquities. --- Antiquities