An edition of The lost history of the Incas
(2007)
The lost history of the Incas
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 Jones, David M.
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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.
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The lost history of the Incas: the history, legends, myths and culture of the ancient native peoples of the Andes, with over 500 photographs, maps, artworks and fine art images
2007, Hermes House
in English
1846810353 9781846810350
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Discovering the Incas and their past
The Spanish explorations
Chroniclers and informants
Languages, drawings and Quipo
Explorers and archaeologists
Modern investigations.
pt. One: History
Timeline: the Incas and their ancestors
1. Empire of the Sun
Land of the Four Quarters
Cuzco and beyond
Building an empire
Civil war
Conquest of the empire
Capture and regicide
2. The Land
Peaks and mountain valleys
Abundant plains: the Altiplano
Western deserts and coastal valleys
The Montaña and eastern rainforests
Land of extremes
Living within the landscapes
3. Sacred landscapes, sacred skies
Places of worship
Sacred waters
Mountains of the Gods
Lines in the desert
Ceque pathways
Religion and trade
Cosmos and galaxy
Heavenly constellations
4. Early settlers to empire builders
The first arrivals
Developing communities
New agriculture and architecture
Oracle and shrine: Chavín de Huántar
Southern cults: Paracas and Pukará
Nazca Confederacy and Moche State
Mountain empires: Wari and Tiwanaku
Kingdoms and shrines
Conquest and empire: the Incas
5. Themes and peoples
Civic-ceremonial centers
Communal ritual: Kotosh
Exchange of goods and ideas
Conflict and co-operation
Religious cohesion
Peoples of the Empire
6. Power and warfare
The Nazca Confederacy
The Moche State
The Empire of Tiwanaku
The Wari Empire
The Kingdom of Chimú
The Inca Empire
Politics of Empire
Social Organization.
pt. Two: Myth and religion
7. A pantheon of Gods
Themes and beliefs
Pachacuti: the endless cycle
Everything is connected
Collective thinking
Transformation
A united worldview
Multiple meanings in art
Hidden ritual and meaning
Symbols of divinity
8. Honoring the Gods
Religious conquest
Animal and supernatural symbolism
Symbolic meaning
Ritual symbolism in architecture
Colors as symbols
Pilgrimage and oracle sites
Temples and sunken courts
Sacred cemeteries
Ceremonial compounds
The Pachacamac Network
State religion
The Sacred Coricancha
9. Tales of the Gods
Sun God and Moon Goddess
Felines and serpents
The Staff Deity
Mummification and the Oculate Being
The Decapitator God
Con the Creator
The Yaya-Mama religious tradition
Viracocha: the supreme Andean Deity
Pachacamac the Creator
Inti the Sun God
10. Creation and the first peoples
Caves, tunnels and islands
Ages of man
Tales of heroes
El Dorado and Chibcha heroes
Empire of the Sun
Islands of the Sun and Moon
11. Leaving this earth
The cycle of life and death
Burial practices
Elite burials
Ritual sacrifice
Mummies and mummification
Ancestor worship
Trances and transformation
12. A new God
The meeting of two great Faiths
Sacred locations
Processions, festivals and rites
Animism and coca
The return of the Incas.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
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