Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

2/1/1985 - 9/30/1986

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$14,985.00 (approved)
$19,965.00 (awarded)


A Comparative Investigation of the Architecture, Planning, and Organization of Inka Centers

FAIN: RO-20968-85

Institute of Andean Research (New York, NY 10024-5153)
John Hyslop (Project Director: March 1984 to October 1990)

To support the survey and mapping of 12 Andean Inca centers and analysis of theresults to determine characteristics of Inca urban planning. Questions concerning the symbolic principles and environmental and functional factors that influenced the layout of Inca administrative settlements will be addressed.