Its nuttytasting grainlike seeds have been a staple food in the region since before Inca times . quipu ( KEE - poo ) : a record - keeping device made of knotted cords quipucamayos ( KEE - poo - kah - MY - ohs ) : “ quipu keepers ” ...
Davies, Nigel (1995). The Incas. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. De Hoyos, María, and Verónica Williams (1994). “Un patrón de asentamiento estatal para propósitos especiales.” XI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina.
Discusses the Incas including how they lived, played, and their daily routines.
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....
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Explains the various elements of the Incas, including their history, daily life, religion, cooking and eating, trading and transportation, and more.
The book concludes with the end of the empire: the arrival of the Spaniards, the assassination of the Inca ruler Atawallpa, and the final years of the rebellious, neo-Inca state in the tropical forests of Vilcabamba.
Discusses the land, people, government, and history of the ancient Incas.
In presenting the historical records and archaeological evidences that relate the conquests and deeds of the sovereigns, from the legendary Manco Capac to Tupac Amaru, the last "Son of the Sun," this book provides an understanding of how ...
New to this edition is a fascinating investigation of Inca notions of life and death, space-time, causality, philosophy, knowledge, and human relations with non-human beings of the landscape.
Presents an overview of the Incan culture, examining such topics as government, religion, recreation, domestic life, occupations, entertainment, food, shelter, and clothing.
Why did the Inca civilization disappear? The Incas answers these questions and more. The books in the History Opens Windows series help you discover what life was like in the ancient civilizations and other historic times.
Davies's readable account reveals an empire that spanned 2,000 miles at the time of the Spanish conquest but has remained largely a mystery.
Readers will discover how the Incas discovered medicines still in use and kept records using knotted cords; how Inca builders created masterful highways and stone bridges; and how the inhabitants of seemingly unfarmable lands came to give ...
This is a portrait of the ancient Andean empire from the earliest stages of its development to its final capitulation to Pizzarro in the mid-16th century.