Examines the history, culture, religion, and social structure of the ancient Incas.
The spirits that animated the huacas had certain specific powers and responsibilities , effective mostly in a specific locale . Thus a field guardian huaca protected a specific field , a spring that was a huaca was responsible for its ...
"Daniel Peters has done a prodigious amount of work in reconstructing the history of one of the most interesting peoples inhabing the Americas, and one of the least known, the...
The Inca Empire's immense territory spanned more than 2,000 miles - from Ecuador to Chile - at the time of the Spanish invasion, yet Inca culture remains largely a mystery....
Although scholars have long known of this work, only eighteen chapters were actually available until the 1980s when the remaining sixty-four chapters were discovered in the collection of the Fundación Bartolomé March in Palma de Mallorca, ...
This monumental work of history removes the Incas from the realm of legend and shows the reality of their struggles against the Spanish invasion. Winner of the 1971 Christopher Award. Index; photographs, maps, and line drawings.
"The Oxford Handbook of the Incas aims to be the first comprehensive book on the Inca, the largest empire in the pre-Columbian world.
Details the status of contemporary research on Incan civilization, and addresses mysteries of the founding and abandonment of Machu Picchu, charting its archaeological history from 1911 to the present.
Some of the topics and questions covered in this book include: How the Incas Recorded Their History The Inca Creation Myth The Founding of the Great City of Cuzco The First Dynasty of Inca Rulers and Their Greatest Deeds The Second Dynasty ...
Ancient Civilizations is a Capstone Press series.
The Huarochirí Manuscript: A Testament of Ancient and Colonial Andean Religion. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991 [1598–1608]. Spalding, Karen. Huarochirí: An Andean Society under Inca and Spanish Rule.