Empire and Domestic Economy (INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARCHAEOLOGY (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780306464089
Subjects: Prehistory; Economic Anthropology; Native American Archaeology; Social Science; History - General History; Science/Mathematics; Andes; Anthropology - General; Archaeology; Latin America - South America; History / South America; Social Science / Archaeology; Social Science : Anthropology - General; Penology; Antiquities; Economic conditions; Incas; Indians of South America; Mantaro River Valley; Peru
First sentence: In 1532, when the Spanish conquistadores ascended the Peruvian Andes from coastal Tumbes, they entered a part of the world that seemed utterly foreign to them.