Inca
Subtitle: origins and mysteries of the civilisation of gold
By: [exhibition curated by Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech ; catalogue edited by Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech ; translation from the Italian, UniFormazione s.r.l.].
Contributors: Museo di Santa Giulia (Brescia, Italy)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Marsilio; Publishers Group UK [distributor]; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Venice; Enfield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9788831705899
Subjects: Social life and customs; Exhibitions; Incas; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Inca art; Inca goldwork; Inca metal-work; History
Other titles: Origins and mysteries of the civilisation of gold
Notes: Catalog for an exhibition held at the Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Dec. 4, 2009-June 27, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-241).
Table of contents: title: Pre-Columbian Peru : an overview / Carlos Wester La Torre; title: The ideology and technology of metals in ancient, pre-Incan Peru / María Inés Velarde, Pamela Castro de la Mata; title: The Inca : human and divine relations with gold / Fernando Rosas Moscoso; title: Cosmovision models in the Central Andes in the pre-Columbian period / Carlo G. Elera Arévalo; title: Metal : technology, beauty and feeling in ancient Peruvian culture / Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech; title: Beverages, music and libations in pre-Columbian rituals : cups as guiding elements / Luisa María Vetter Parodi; title: Scientific missions of the Museo Prehistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini in the Central Andes / Claudio Cavatrunci; title: Italian anthropological or archaeological missions in Peru : the last few years / Antonio Aimi; title: Ceremonial and ritual centres in ancient Peru / Giuseppe Orefici; title: Moche culture and the royal tombs of Sipán / Walter Alva Alva.