Inca Architecture
by Gasparaini, Graziano and Luise Margolies
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG-. Minor edge wear to dj, creasing to front flap. Light tanning along edges of cloth. Owner's writing on ffep, otherwise c
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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1980. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Minor edge wear to dj, creasing to front flap. Light tanning along edges of cloth. Owner's writing on ffep, otherwise clean and tight.. Brown cloth with red cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine. White and BW-illustrated dust jacket, red lettering; mylar cover. xv; 350 pp. Filled with BW illustrations. English edition. Translated by Patricia J. Lyon, foreword by John V. Murra. "Separate chapters are devoted to technical and formal antecedents, urban settlements, domestic structures (generally ignored in architectural analyses), the architecture of power (constructions built for collective, administrative, military, and religious purposes), and technical and aesthetic problems...In addition to such well-known sites as Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Gasparini and MArgolies highlight other important but less famous settlements: Pikillaqta, Ollantayatambo, Huanuco Pampa, Willka Waman, and Tambo Colorado." -- dj flap.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168140
- Title
- Inca Architecture
- Author
- Gasparaini, Graziano and Luise Margolies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG-. Minor edge wear to dj, creasing to front flap. Light tanning along edges of cloth. Owner's writing on ffep, otherwise c
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, IN
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- American Architecture; Incas; Ancient Architecture ; Inca Architecture ; ;
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