The great Inka road
Subtitle: engineering an empire
By: Ramiro Matos Mendieta & José Barreiro, editors
Contributors: National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781588344953
Subjects: Incas; Inca roads; Civilization
Other titles: Great Inca road
Description: "The Inka Road stands as one of the world’s monumental engineering achievements. At the height of Inka imperial power in the fifteenth century, the twenty-four thousand-mile road system linked South America’s mountain peaks and tropical lowlands, crossed its rivers and deserts, and became the supreme emblem of the Inka genius for cultural integration. Today, the road serves Andean communities in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile as a sacred space and a symbol of continuity. The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire brings together twenty-four essays as well as striking color photographs and maps to provide a multifaceted view of a road that remains unparalleled in hemispheric history for its capacity to connect diverse peoples and resources over an expansive and difficult topography."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / by G. Wayne Clough; title: Foreword / by Kevin Gover; title: Introduction : Strong in our hearts : the legacy of the Inka Road / José Barreiro; title: The Qhapaq Ñan and its landscapes / Victoria Castro; title: The Inka road system in the Valley of Cusco / Donato Amado Gonzales; title: Inka city planning in Cusco / Ricardo Mar Medina and José Alejandro Beltrán-Caballero; title: Mountains and the sacred landscape of the Inka / Christian Vitry; title: The Inka trails near Machu Picchu / Kenneth R. Wright and Ruth M. Wright; title: Spanning the Andes : history and technology of Inka suspension bridges / John Ochsendorf; title: Qhapaq Ñan and the khipu : Inka administration on the road and along the cord / Gary Urton; title: Messages from the Qhapaq Ñan : the chaskis and their contribution to Andean communication / Sergio Martin; title: Llama caravans / Axel E. Nielsen; title: The Inka Road to the Chinchaysuyu / José Luis Pino Matos; title: Ceques, roads, and astronomy in Cusco and the Inka empire / R.T. Zuidema; title: Tampus / Mauricio Rodríguez Uribe; title: The Inka in Chile / José Berenguer; title: Qhapaq Ñan : Andean road system through the Collasuyu to the end of the Tawantinsuyu / J. Roberto Bárcena; title: Engineering the Inka Road / Clifford Schexnayder, Christine M. Fiori, and Gerardo Chang Recavarren; title: Inka in Tiwanaku / Alexei Vranich; title: Salt routes from Uyuni and Atacama / Karina A. Yager; title: The Contisuyu road / Edmundo de la Vega Machicao; title: Antisuyu / Mario A. Rivera; title: The coca route / Samantha Pary Ghayour McKnew; title: From Inka Road to royal road : the Inka Road in colonial times / Carmen Arellano; title: Qeros and long-distance exchange / Emily Kaplan; title: The living road / Ramiro Matos Mendieta.