The configuration of built space at Pataraya and Wari provincial administration in Nasca

• Published in: Journal of anthropological archaeology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 565 - 576
• Main Author: Edwards, Matthew J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.12.2013; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Access; Ancient civilizations; Archaeology; Architecture; Bureaucratization; Complex societies; Cultural anthropology; Government; Hierarchy; Historic buildings & sites; Imperialism; Peru; Political power; Politics; South America; Space syntax; Transport; Wari; South America; Space syntax; Architecture; Complex societies; Government; Wari; Access; Politics

•Few choices for movement and significant opportunities for control.•Built space was manipulated according to political goals and political necessity.•Orientational cues may reflect distinctions between forms of political power. This paper uses access analysis to describe and analyze a system of reg...