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Memory Landscapes of the Inka Carved Outcrops: From Past to Present
presents a comprehensive analysis of the carved rocks the Inka
created in the Andean highlands during the fifteenth and early
sixteenth centuries. It provides an overview of Inka history, a
detailed analysis of the techniques and styles of carving, and five
comprehensive case studies. It opens in the Inka capital, Cusco,
one of the two locations where the geometric style of Inka carving
was authored by the ninth ruler Pachakuti Inka Yupanki. The
following chapters move to the origin places on the Island of the
Sun in Lake Titicaca and at Pumaurqu, southwest of Cusco, where the
Inka constructed the emergence of the first members of their
dynasty from sacred rock outcrops. The final case studies focus
upon the royal estates of Machu Picchu and Chinchero. Machu Picchu
is the second site where Pachakuti appears to have authored the
geometric style. Chinchero was built by his son, Thupa Inka
Yupanki, who adopted his father's strategy of rock carving and
associated political messages. The methodology used in this book
reconstructs relational networks between the sculpted outcrops, the
land and people and examines how such networks have changed over
time. The primary focus documents the specific political context of
Inka carved rocks expanded into the performance of a stone
ideology, which set Inka stone cults decidedly apart from earlier
and later agricultural as well as ritual uses of empowered stones.
When the Inka state formed in the mid-fifteenth century, carved
rocks were used to mark local territories in and around Cusco. In
the process of imperial expansion, selected outcrops were sculpted
in peripheral regions to map Inka presence and showcase the
cultivated and ordered geography of the state.
Memory Landscapes of the Inka Carved Outcrops: From Past to Present
presents a comprehensive analysis of the carved rocks the Inka
created in the Andean highlands during the fifteenth and early
sixteenth centuries. It provides an overview of Inka history, a
detailed analysis of the techniques and styles of carving, and five
comprehensive case studies. It opens in the Inka capital, Cusco,
one of the two locations where the geometric style of Inka carving
was authored by the ninth ruler Pachakuti Inka Yupanki. The
following chapters move to the origin places on the Island of the
Sun in Lake Titicaca and at Pumaurqu, southwest of Cusco, where the
Inka constructed the emergence of the first members of their
dynasty from sacred rock outcrops. The final case studies focus
upon the royal estates of Machu Picchu and Chinchero. Machu Picchu
is the second site where Pachakuti appears to have authored the
geometric style. Chinchero was built by his son, Thupa Inka
Yupanki, who adopted his father's strategy of rock carving and
associated political messages. The methodology used in this book
reconstructs relational networks between the sculpted outcrops, the
land and people and examines how such networks have changed over
time. The primary focus documents the specific political context of
Inka carved rocks expanded into the performance of a stone
ideology, which set Inka stone cults decidedly apart from earlier
and later agricultural as well as ritual uses of empowered stones.
When the Inka state formed in the mid-fifteenth century, carved
rocks were used to mark local territories in and around Cusco. In
the process of imperial expansion, selected outcrops were sculpted
in peripheral regions to map Inka presence and showcase the
cultivated and ordered geography of the state.
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The Sea and the Marsh (Paperback)
Gillian Draper, Pamela Draper, Frank Meddens, Philip Armitage, Geoff Egan
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R545
R514
Discovery Miles 5 140
Save R31 (6%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Today, New Romney sits a couple of miles inland from the sea but,
in common with many towns along this stretch of coast, was once a
thriving seaport. Archaeological excavations here by Pre-Construct
Archaeology identified evidence for medieval occupation, fishing
and seafaring on the foreshore at the northeastern end of the town.
This strand area was ravaged by storms, particularly during the
13th century and this is clearly demonstrated in the archaeological
record. This publication presents the findings of these excavations
but also provides a much broader historical background to the town
and an exploration of its role as a Cinque Port, and its
relationship with the strand area investigated, through
contemporary sources and standing building evidence.
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