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A culture of stone : Inka perspectives on rock / Carolyn Dean.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2010 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dean, Carolyn, 1957-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Inca architecture.
Inca sculpture.
Andes Region--Antiquities.
Andes Region.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (325 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Argues that the imperial Inka understood stone as potentially animate, sentient, and sacred; building in stone was a way of ordering unordered nature, domesticating untamed spaces, and claiming new territories.
Contents:
Rock and remembrance
Rock and reciprocity
Rock and rule
Rock in ruins.
Notes:
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613065711
9781283065719
1283065711
9780822393177
0822393174
OCLC:
672203146

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