Indians of the Andes: Aymaras and Quechuas

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This book traces the history and ecology of the Aymaras and the Quechuas: the highland peoples of the Central Andes, who formed the nucleus of the great Inca Empire which extended for two thousand miles along the Pacific coast to the fringes of the tropical interior. In twenty millennia the Indians of the Andes had had no cultural contacts with the Old World yet they had already passed independently through stages of development usually associated with the Neolithic Age and had achieved a degree of technical and artistic excellence. In four centuries of contact there has of course been appreciable acculturation and osmosis. Originally published in 1952. Cover Half-title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Dedication Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction I. Darkest Origins II. Vandals of History III. Myth and Archaeology IV. The Inca In Legend and History V. Under Inca Rule VI. Under Spanish Rule VII. The Indian Today and Tomorrow Bibliography Index