"Inka khipus-spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors-constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insight…
Inka khipus-spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors-constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insight …
"Inka khipus-spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors-constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insight…
Inka khipus--spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors--constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insigh…
Publisher description. The present book offers a paleographic transcription of the 16th century manuscript of Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua's, Relación de antigüedades deste Reyno del Pirú, MS 3169 in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain. It discusses questio…
Publisher description. The present book offers a paleographic transcription of the 16th century manuscript of Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua's, Relación de antigüedades deste Reyno del Pirú, MS 3169 in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain. It discusses questio…
"Readable summary of the history, imperial infrastructure, mechanisms of control and integration, and other unique characteristics of the Inca Empire"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
