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Of remembering and forgetting the architecture of Chinchero, Peru from Thupa 'Inka to the Spanish Occupation

This dissertation, "Of Remembrance and Forgetting: the Architecture of Chinchero, Peru from Thupa Inka to the Spanish Occupation" is the first comprehensive study of an Inka royal estate and the evolution of its material culture during both the imperial Inka and Spanish colonial periods. This research examines the ways in which visual culture on the expansive imperial Inka estate (which encompassed much of the Ayamarca homeland), articulated, reinforced and responded to struggles for authority and identity during two distinct periods of imperial domination. Material culture at the main site of Chinchero, as well as at sites dispersed across the former estate, such as Machu Colca, Caper Bajo, and Peccacachu (among others), is discussed.

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