Stella Nair
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3845461 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stella Nair |
| NOMBRES | Stella |
| APELLIDO | Nair |
| FIRMA | NAIR S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Drawing the House for the Chosen Women
The Lost Half of Andean Architecture
This paper examines an eighteenth-century roof in Chinchero, Peru to show the critical role played by roofs in Andean communities across time. Roofs can reveal identity constructions, continuation of traditions, adaptations to new influences, and relationships to local environments and the sacred. We present a discussion of the importance of roofs in architectural history, the critical role played by roofs in Inca architecture, and a description …
At Home with the Sapa Inca
The Stones of Tiahuanaco
The remains of the artful gateways, platforms, walls, and sculpture at Tiahuanaco, an important Middle Horizon site at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, have for centuries sparked what has seemed like unanswerable questions about how they were made. The masons’ highly sophisticated knowledge of mathematics, geometry, and stonecraft is evident in the tight joints and perfectly sharp, right angles of these fine examples of Andean cut-st…
Witnessing the In-visibility of Inca Architecture in Colonial Peru
Palace
Ollantaytambo
Chinchero
Door
The Gateways of Tiwanaku
Witnessing the In-visibility of Inca Architecture in Colonial Peru
The Lost Half of Andean Architecture
This paper examines an eighteenth-century roof in Chinchero, Peru to show the critical role played by roofs in Andean communities across time. Roofs can reveal identity constructions, continuation of traditions, adaptations to new influences, and relationships to local environments and the sacred. We present a discussion of the importance of roofs in architectural history, the critical role played by roofs in Inca architecture, and a description …
The Gateways of Tiwanaku
Palace
Ollantaytambo
Chinchero
Door
Witnessing the In-visibility of Inca Architecture in Colonial Peru
The Stones of Tiahuanaco
The remains of the artful gateways, platforms, walls, and sculpture at Tiahuanaco, an important Middle Horizon site at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, have for centuries sparked what has seemed like unanswerable questions about how they were made. The masons’ highly sophisticated knowledge of mathematics, geometry, and stonecraft is evident in the tight joints and perfectly sharp, right angles of these fine examples of Andean cut-st…
At Home with the Sapa Inca
The Lost Half of Andean Architecture
This paper examines an eighteenth-century roof in Chinchero, Peru to show the critical role played by roofs in Andean communities across time. Roofs can reveal identity constructions, continuation of traditions, adaptations to new influences, and relationships to local environments and the sacred. We present a discussion of the importance of roofs in architectural history, the critical role played by roofs in Inca architecture, and a description …
Drawing the House for the Chosen Women
Latin American history and culture (5 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Archaeology (3 obras) · Architecture (3 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Antiquities (2 obras) · Colonialism (2 obras)