The Incas: New PerspectivesW. W. Norton & Company, 26. aug. 2008 - 269 sider A revealing portrait of the ancient Andean empire from its earliest development to its final capitulation to Pizarro. Defying many of the supposed rules of civilization building and lacking the advantages of a written language, hard metals, the wheel, or draft animals, the Incas forged one of the greatest imperial states in history. In recent years, researchers have employed new tools to get to the heart of this mysterious culture. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and ethnohistory, The Incas provides the most up-to-date interpretations of the culture, religion, politics, economics, and daily life available. Readers will learn how the Incas discovered medicines still in use and kept records using knotted cords; how they 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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INTRODUCTION | 3 |
INCA CIVILIZATION | 19 |
Historical and Chronological Setting | 28 |
Origins Growth and Decline of Inca Civilization | 56 |
The Economic Structure of the Inca State | 83 |
Social Organization and Social Structure | 93 |
The Political Structure of the Inca State | 112 |
Religion and Ideology | 137 |
Material Culture | 161 |
Intellectual Accomplishments | 179 |
CURRENT ASSESSMENTS | 193 |
Chronology | 203 |
Resources for Further Study | 225 |
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