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The Incas: New Perspectives

By Gordon F. McEwan

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2006
ISBN
1851095748, 9781851095742
LCC
TK2711 .B65 2002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4028626 bytes)
Series
Understanding Ancient Civilizations
Pages
269\284
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The Incas: New PerspectiveS≪/i> 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≪/i> 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.

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