Bibliograph

The Incas, new perspectives, Gordon F. McEwan

Type

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The Incas, new perspectives, Gordon F. McEwan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-257) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Incas

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62281813

Responsibility statement

Gordon F. McEwan

Series statement

ABC-CLIO's understanding ancient civilizations

Sub title

new perspectives

Summary

The Incas: New Perspectives offers a revealing portrait of the ancient Andean empire from the earliest stages of its development to its final capitulation to Pizzarro in the mid-16th century. In recent years researchers have employed new tools to get to the heart of the mysterious Inca culture. Drawing on recent work in archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, and other sources, The Incas provides the most up-to-date interpretations of Inca culture, religion, politics, economics, and daily life available. 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 the world potatoes, beans, corn, squashes, tomatoes, avocados, peanuts, and peppers. --Publisher

Table Of Contents

Location of the Inca Civilization and Its Environmental Setting -- Historical and Chronological Setting -- Origins, Growth, and Decline of Inca Civilization -- The Economic Structure of the Inca State -- Social Organization and Social Structure -- The Political Structure of the Inca State -- Religion and Ideology -- Material Culture

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