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| Author | : Karin Muller |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Andes Region |
| ISBN | : 9780792277279 |
Muller shares her seven-month adventure along the treacherous, starkly beautiful expanse of this ancient route. Along the way, she tries her hand at bull-fighting, paddles a reed boat, and accompanies the Ecuadorian military on a de-mining patrol. Photos.
| Author | : Ramiro Matos Mendieta |
| Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2015-07-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1588344959 |
This compelling collection of essays explores the Qhapaq nan (or Great Inca Road), an extensive network of trails reaching modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived for more than six centuries are a testament to the advanced engineering and construction skills of the Inca people. The Qhapaq nan also spurred an important process of ecological and community integration across the Andean region. This book, the companion volume to a National Museum of the American Indian exhibition of the same name, features essays on six main themes: the ancestors of the Inca, Cusco as the center of the empire, road engineering, road transportation and integration, the road in the Colonial era, and the road today. Beautifully designed and featuring more than 225 full-color illustrations, The Great Inka Road is a fascinating look at this enduring symbol of the Andean peoples' strength and adaptability.
| Author | : John Hyslop |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Terence N. D'Altroy |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 578 |
| Release | : 2014-05-27 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1444331159 |
The Incas is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest civilizations ever seen. Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, this thoroughly updated new edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies conducted over the last decade. • Written by one of the world’s leading experts on Inca civilization • Covers Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization • Explores advances in research that include pre-imperial Inca society; the royal capital of Cuzco; the sacred landscape; royal estates; Machu Picchu; provincial relations; the khipu information-recording technology; languages, time frames, gender relations, effects on human biology, and daily life • Explicitly examines how the Inca world view and philosophy affected the character of the empire • Illustrated with over 90 maps, figures, and photographs
| Author | : John Harrison |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9781906998127 |
In every atlas there is a country missing from the maps of South America: the Andean nation. For five months John Harrison journeys through this secret country, walking alone into remote villages where he is the first gringo the inhabitants have ever seen, and where life continues as if Columbus had never sailed.
| Author | : Lawrence Kovacs |
| Publisher | : Nomad Press |
| Total Pages | : 203 |
| Release | : 2014-01-07 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 161930144X |
Revealing legends and legacies, Inca: Discover the Culture and Geography of a Lost Civilization with 25 Projects offers engaging insight into the continent-sprawling ancient Inca culture. The text and activities invite learners on a journey along the Inca Trail. They'll visit the city of Cuzco and the majestic Machu Picchu, built on a jagged ridge thousands of feet above the Urubamba River. Kids will learn about cultural beliefs, rituals, scientific advances, and languages. They'll create Salar de Uyuni salt crystals and build a tropical cloud forest. This captivating educational tool also features unique illustrations, informative sidebars, fun-fact questions, and vocabulary that will interest readers from start to finish.
| Author | : Mark Adams |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 2011-06-30 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1101535407 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the truth—except he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact, he’d never even slept in a tent. Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?
| Author | : Jerry D. Moore |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2012-04-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0520952138 |
Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples from across the archaeological record and around the world, archaeologist Jerry D. Moore recounts the cultural development of the uniquely human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. He shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. The Prehistory of Home points out how houses function as symbols of equality or proclaim the social divides between people, and how they shield us not only from the elements, but increasingly from inchoate fear.
| Author | : Kevin Lane |
| Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2022-03-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1789145465 |
Kevin Lane skilfully integrates the Inca historical narrative (from chroniclers' accounts and archaeology) with details of local languages, gender relations and everyday life to retell the fascinating story of South America's largest empire.
| Author | : Hiram Bingham |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2010-12-16 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0297865331 |
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the torrent of the Urubamba River. The buildings were of white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man. Bingham had not, as it turned out, found Vilcabamba, but he had nevertheless made an astonishing and memorable discovery, which he describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.
