The lost history of the Incas
Subtitle: the history, legends, myths and culture of the ancient native peoples of the Andes, with over 500 photographs, maps, artworks and fine art images
By: David M. Jones ; [illustrators, Anthony Duke, Rob Highton and Vanessa Card]
Contributors: Duke, Anthony; Highton, Rob; Card, Vanessa
Publisher: Hermes House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781846810350
Subjects: Incas; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Religion
Description: Provides an authoritative account of the awe-inspiring story of the Inca Empire and the peoples of the sun, featuring important cities, fortresses and ceremonial centres, site plans, maps, artworks and fine art images.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Discovering the Incas and their past; title: The Spanish explorations; title: Chroniclers and informants; title: Languages, drawings and Quipo; title: Explorers and archaeologists; title: Modern investigations.; title: pt. One: History; title: Timeline: the Incas and their ancestors; title: 1. Empire of the Sun; title: Land of the Four Quarters; title: Cuzco and beyond; title: Building an empire; title: Civil war; title: Conquest of the empire; title: Capture and regicide; title: 2. The Land; title: Peaks and mountain valleys; title: Abundant plains: the Altiplano; title: Western deserts and coastal valleys; title: The Montaña and eastern rainforests; title: Land of extremes; title: Living within the landscapes; title: 3. Sacred landscapes, sacred skies; title: Places of worship; title: Sacred waters; title: Mountains of the Gods; title: Lines in the desert; title: Ceque pathways; title: Religion and trade; title: Cosmos and galaxy; title: Heavenly constellations; title: 4. Early settlers to empire builders; title: The first arrivals; title: Developing communities; title: New agriculture and architecture; title: Oracle and shrine: Chavín de Huántar; title: Southern cults: Paracas and Pukará; title: Nazca Confederacy and Moche State; title: Mountain empires: Wari and Tiwanaku; title: Kingdoms and shrines; title: Conquest and empire: the Incas; title: 5. Themes and peoples; title: Civic-ceremonial centers; title: Communal ritual: Kotosh; title: Exchange of goods and ideas; title: Conflict and co-operation; title: Religious cohesion; title: Peoples of the Empire; title: 6. Power and warfare; title: The Nazca Confederacy; title: The Moche State; title: The Empire of Tiwanaku; title: The Wari Empire; title: The Kingdom of Chimú; title: The Inca Empire; title: Politics of Empire; title: Social Organization.; title: pt. Two: Myth and religion; title: 7. A pantheon of Gods; title: Themes and beliefs; title: Pachacuti: the endless cycle; title: Everything is connected; title: Collective thinking; title: Transformation; title: A united worldview; title: Multiple meanings in art; title: Hidden ritual and meaning; title: Symbols of divinity; title: 8. Honoring the Gods; title: Religious conquest; title: Animal and supernatural symbolism; title: Symbolic meaning; title: Ritual symbolism in architecture; title: Colors as symbols; title: Pilgrimage and oracle sites; title: Temples and sunken courts; title: Sacred cemeteries; title: Ceremonial compounds; title: The Pachacamac Network; title: State religion; title: The Sacred Coricancha; title: 9. Tales of the Gods; title: Sun God and Moon Goddess; title: Felines and serpents; title: The Staff Deity; title: Mummification and the Oculate Being; title: The Decapitator God; title: Con the Creator; title: The Yaya-Mama religious tradition; title: Viracocha: the supreme Andean Deity; title: Pachacamac the Creator; title: Inti the Sun God; title: 10. Creation and the first peoples; title: Caves, tunnels and islands; title: Ages of man; title: Tales of heroes; title: El Dorado and Chibcha heroes; title: Empire of the Sun; title: Islands of the Sun and Moon; title: 11. Leaving this earth; title: The cycle of life and death; title: Burial practices; title: Elite burials; title: Ritual sacrifice; title: Mummies and mummification; title: Ancestor worship; title: Trances and transformation; title: 12. A new God; title: The meeting of two great Faiths; title: Sacred locations; title: Processions, festivals and rites; title: Animism and coca; title: The return of the Incas.