The shape of Inca history : narrative and architecture in an Andean empire / Susan A. Niles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niles, Susan A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inca architecture--Peru--Yucay Region.

Inca architecture.

Incas--Peru--Yucay Region--Historiography.

Incas.

Incas--Peru--Yucay Region--Kings and rulers.

Huayna Capac, Inca, -approximately 1525.

Huayna Capac.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Shape of Inca History, Susan Niles considers the ways in which the Inca concept of history informed their narratives, rituals, and architecture. Using sixteenth-century chronicles of Inca culture, legal documents from the first generation of conquest, and field investigation of architectural remains, she strategically explores the interplay of oral and written histories with the architectural record and provides a new and exciting understanding of the lives of the royal families on the eve of conquest.Niles focuses on the life of Huayna Capac, the Inca king w

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Orthography and Translation; A Note on the Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Genre and Context in Inca Historical Narratives; 2. Structuring Remembered History; 3. Making History Visible; 4. Huayna Capac's History; 5. Huayna Capac's Royal Estate; 6. The Architecture on the Estate; 7. The Agricultural Works on the Estate; 8. Huayna Capac's Built Legacy; 9. Inca Architecture in Historical Context; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-325) and index.

ISBN:

9781587292941

1587292947

OCLC:

50406523