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Encyclopedia of the Incas
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The Inca Empire existed for fewer than one hundred years, yet ruled more subjects than either the Aztecs or the Maya and occupied a territory stretching nearly three thousand miles. The Incas left no system of writing; what we know of them has been gleaned from the archaeologica…
"The People Are King traces the transformation of Andean communities under Inca and Spanish rule. The sixteenth century Spanish resettlement policy, known as Reducción was pivotal to this transformation. Modeled on the Spanish ideal of República (self-government within planned t…
"An overview of major events that occurred in the Vilcabamba region of Peru during the final decades of Inca rule and English translations of several major period documents. A new source of important archival and archaeological information examining the fall of the Inca Empire i…
"An overview of major events that occurred in the Vilcabamba region of Peru during the final decades of Inca rule and English translations of several major period documents. A new source of important archival and archaeological information examining the fall of the Inca Empire i…
"Massive yet elegantly executed masonry architecture and andenes (agricultural terraces) set against majestic and seemingly boundless Andean landscapes, roads built in defiance of rugged terrains, and fine textiles with orderly geometric designs--all were created within the larg…
What can we learn about the Inkas from study of the khipus? -- A brief introduction to Tawantinsuyu--the Inka empire -- Cord notes for describing an Inka-era village on the southern coast of Peru -- The ancestors' calendar : Laguna de los Cóndores, Chachapoyas, northern Peru -- …
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…
