At Home with the Sapa Inca Architecture, Space, and Legacy at Chinchero

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'...

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Abstract 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.
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This major architectural survey and analysis of the Inca royal estate at Chinchero significantly increases our understanding of how the Inca conceived, constructed, and gave meaning to their built environment.
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.
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SubjectTerms Antiquities
Archaeology
Architecture and anthropology
Architecture and anthropology-Peru-Chinchero (District)
Art & Art History
Caribbean & Latin American
Chinchero (District)
Chinchero (Peru : District)
Chinchero (Peru : District)-Antiquities
Conquest, 1522–1548
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology)-Interpretive programs-Peru-Chinchero (District)
History
Inca architecture
Incas
Incas-History
Interpretive programs
Peru
Peru-History-Conquest, 1522-1548
Social archaeology
Social archaeology-Peru-Chinchero (District)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Subtitle Architecture, Space, and Legacy at Chinchero
TableOfContents Front Matter Table of Contents ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ON QUECHUA ORTHOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION 1: PIRCA 2: PACHA 3: PAMPA 4: PUNCU 5: UASI [Illustrations] 6: PATA 7: LLACTA EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
2 | Pacha | Place and Time On Quechua Orthography Introduction 1 | Pirca | Wall Notes Bibliography Index Epilogue 7 | Llacta | Community 6 | Pata | Platform 5 | Uasi | House 3 | Pampa | Plaza 4 | Puncu | Doorway Illustrations Acknowledgments Cover Title Page, Copyright Page Contents
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- On Quechua Orthography -- Introduction -- 1 | Pirca | Wall -- 2 | Pacha | Place and Time -- 3 | Pampa | Plaza -- 4 | Puncu | Doorway -- 5 | Uasi | House -- 6 | Pata | Platform -- 7 | Llacta | Community -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Title At Home with the Sapa Inca
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