
Vilcabamba and the Archaeology of Inca Resistance
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 15. August 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-938770-03-6 (ISBN)
Description
The sites of Vitcos and Espiritu Pampa are two of the most important Inca cities within the remote Vilcabamba region of Peru. The province has gained notoriety among historians, archaeologists, and other students of the Inca, since it was from here that the last independent Incas waged a nearly forty-year-long war (AD 1536-1572) against Spanish control of the Andes. Building on three years of excavation and two years of archival work, the authors discuss the events that took place in this area, speaking to the complex relationships that existed between the Europeans and Andeans during the decades that Vilcabamba was the final stronghold of the Inca empire. This has long been a topic of interest for the public; the results of the first large-scale scientific research conducted in the region will be illuminating for scholars as well as for general readers who are enthusiasts of this period of history and archaeology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Los Angeles
United States
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
710 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-938770-03-6 (9781938770036)
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Persons
Brian S. Bauer is a professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Javier Fonseca Santa Cruz is a senior archaeologist in the Ministry of Culture in Peru. Miriam Araoz Silva has directed numerous archaeological projects across the Andes.