The Incas

by D'Altroy, Terence N.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Incas.

Summary

The Incas is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest civilizations ever seen. Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, this thoroughly updated new edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies conducted over the last decade. Written by one of the world's leading experts on Inca civilization Covers Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization Explores advances in research that include pre-imperial Inca society; the royal capital of Cuzco; the sacred landscape; royal estates; Machu Picchu; provincial relations; the khipu information-recording technology; languages, time frames, gender relations, effects on human biology, and daily life. Explicitly examines how the Inca world view and philosophy affected the character of the empire. Illustrated with over 90 maps, figures, and photographs.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (567 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118610602, 1118610601
oclc:ocn875820489
LC Classification:F3429 .D35 2014
Dewey Decimal:985.019

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1 Introduction; Investigating Empires; Studying the Incas; The Written Sources; Eyewitnesses to the Spanish Invasion; The Major Sixteenth-Century Spanish Authors; Authors with Andean Ancestry; The Later Spanish Chroniclers; Spanish Inspections, Church Documents, and Court Records; Inca Archaeology; 1860-1960; 1960-2010; Notes; Chapter 2 The Land and Its People; The Natural Setting; The Andes; Climate; Environmental Zones; Traditional Land Use Today; Farming; Herding.

Human Physiology in the Andean EnvironmentPredecessors; Languages; Time Frames; Notes; Chapter 3 The Incas before the Empire; Setting the Stage; Narrative Origins; The Early Reigns; The Origins of "Cuzco"; The Archaeological Picture; A Sketch of Pre-Imperial Inca Society; Notes; Chapter 4 The History of the Empire: Narrative Visions; Expansionist Designs and the Crisis in Cuzco; The Chanka Wars; The Major Expansions: Pachakuti and Thupa Inka Yupanki; Expeditions Southward; The Peruvian Sierra and Coast; Advances into Ecuador; More Ventures onto the Peruvian Coast.

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