Inca Land

Inca Land

Author: Hiram Bingham

Publisher:

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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The following pages represent some of the results of four journeys into the interior of Peru and also many explorations into the labyrinth of early writings which treat of the Incas and their Land.


Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru

Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru

Author: Hiram Bingham

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-07-31

Total Pages: 243

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru" by Hiram Bingham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.


The Shape of Inca History

The Shape of Inca History

Author: Susan A. Niles

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9781587292941

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In The Shape of Inca History, Susan Niles considers the ways in which the Inca concept of history informed their narratives, rituals, and architecture. Using sixteenth-century chronicles of Inca culture, legal documents from the first generation of conquest, and field investigation of architectural remains, she strategically explores the interplay of oral and written histories with the architectural record and provides a new and exciting understanding of the lives of the royal families on the eve of conquest.Niles focuses on the life of Huayna Capac, the Inca king who ruled at the time of the first European incursions on the Andean coast. Because he died just a few years before the Spaniards overturned the Inca world, eyewitness accounts of his deeds as recorded by the invaders can be used to separate fact from propaganda. The rich documentary sources telling of his life include extraordinarily detailed legal records that inventory lands on his estate in the Yucay Valley. These sources provide a basis—unique in the Andes—for reconstructing the social and physical plan of the estate and for dating its construction exactly.Huayna Capac's country palace shows a design different from that devised by his ancestors. Niles argues that the radical stylistic and technical innovations documented in the buildings themselves can be understood by referring to the turbulent political atmosphere prevalent at the time of his accession. Illustrated with numerous photographs and reconstruction drawings, The Shape of Inca History breaks new ground by proposing that Inca royal style was dynamic and that the design of an Inca building can best be interpreted by its historical context. In this way it is possible to recreate the development of Inca architectural style over time.


The Inca World

The Inca World

Author: Laura Laurencich Minelli

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780806132211

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This lavishly illustrated volume, based on extensive archeological research and Spanish colonial documentation, provides important insights into many questions and contradictions regarding the Inca Empire. 337 illustrations, 106 in color. 12 maps.


Peru

Peru

Author: Ephraim George Squier

Publisher:

Published: 1877

Total Pages: 664

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Music in Aztec and Inca Territory

Music in Aztec and Inca Territory

Author: Robert M. Stevenson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-07-28

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 0520317238

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.