The Incas
Lords of the Four Quarters
Published on 31. May 2011
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-500-02121-7 (ISBN)
Description
This new survey from the leading authorities on the subject provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative account available of the rapid ascendancy of the Incas, their politics, economics, religion, architecture, art and technology, and their subsequent downfall. The authors look in detail at Cusco and at the four parts of the empire, following the vast road system to explore not just famous sites such as Machu Picchu, but all the major regional settlements, on and off the Inca Trail. The concluding chapter and epilogue are devoted to the end of the empire: the arrival of the Spaniards, the assassination of the Inca ruler Atawallpa, and the final years of the rebellious, neo-Inca state in the tropical forests of Vilcabamba.
Reviews / Votes
'A lively, deeply informed and highly readable account of the last great empire of pre-Columbian South America' - Gary Urton, Harvard University 'I know of no other book in English that provides such a good region by region description of the Inca empire ... Both a useful review of the main Inca sites and a new perspective on the structure of the empire' - Bill Sillar, Institute of Archaeology, University College LondonMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
140 Illustrations, black and white; 49 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-02121-7 (9780500021217)
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Persons
The late Craig Morris was Curator of Anthropology and Senior Vice President of the American Museum of Natural History, NewYork. Adriana von Hagen is co-director of the Leymebamba Museum in Chachapoyas, Peru.
Content
1. The Birth and Growth of Tawantinsuyu * 2. The Principles of Inca Statecraft: Feared Warriors, Generous Rulers * 3. The Wealth of the Empire: Land, Labour and the Worth of Goods * 4. Religion and Ideology: the Sun, the Moon, the Oracles, the Ancestors * 5. Technology and the Arts: Architects, Weavers, Smiths and Potters * 6. Cusco: Capital of the Realm * 7. Chinchaysuyu: Land of the Setting Sun and the Sacred Shell * 8. Antisuyu: The Road to Machu Picchu and Beyond * 9. Qollasuyu and Kuntisuyu: Herds, Metals and Mountains of Sacrifice * 10. The Fall: Bearded Men from across the Sea * Epilogue