Handbook to life in the Inca world

Cohen Suarez, Ananda (Author). George, Jeremy James. (Added Author).

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Incas > History.
Incas > Social life and customs.
Incas > Intellectual life.
Incas > Colonization.
Peru > Civilization.
Andes > Civilization.

ISBN: 0816074496
ISBN: 9780816074495
Physical Description print
xii, 330 pages : illustrations, maps.
Publisher New York : Facts On File, [2011]
Copyright ©2011

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	LSC 79.48

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Handbook to Life in the Inca World

by Suarez, Ananda Cohen

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Handbook to Life in the Inca World

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	List of Illustrations	p. vii
	List of Maps	p. viii
	Acknowledgments	p. ix
	Introduction	p. xi
1	Inca Civilization and Archaeology	p. 1
	Introduction to the Inca	p. 2
	Methods for Studying the Inca Past	p. 2
	A Brief History of Archaeology in the Andes	p. 4
	The Written Record	p. 9
	Reading	p. 19
2	Evolution of Andean Civilization	p. 23
	Summary of Major Pre-Inca Periods	p. 24
	Lithic Period (ca. 20,000-3000 B.C.E.)	p. 24
	Cotton Pre-Ceramic/Late Archaic (ca. 3000-1800 B.C.E.)	p. 27
	Initial Period (ca. 1800-1300 B.C.E.)	p. 29
	Early Horizon (ca. 1500-200 B.C.E.)	p. 31
	Early Intermediate Period (ca. 400 B.C.E.-540 C.E.)	p. 35
	Middle Horizon (ca. 540-900)	p. 39
	Late Intermediate Period (ca. 900-1438)	p. 41
	Late Horizon (1438-1534)	p. 44
	Reading	p. 45
3	Building the Inca World	p. 49
	Physical Climate and Geography	p. 51
	Settlements and Beginnings	p. 60
	Constructing an Empire	p. 63
	Reading	p. 70
4	Society and Government	p. 73
	Social Structure and Class Hierarchy	p. 74
	Inca Statesmanship	p. 78
	Politics through the Empire	p. 83
	Reading	p. 93
5	Military and Warfare	p. 99
	Military Organization	p. 100
	Military Infrastructure	p. 103
	Types of Conquest	p. 107
	Strategy, Logistics, and Tactics	p. 109
	Uniforms and Weapons	p. 111
	Principal Inca Military Conquests	p. 113
	The Spanish Conquest	p. 117
	Reading	p. 119
6	Religion, Cosmology, and Mythology	p. 123
	State Religion	p. 124
	Myths: Creation and Origin Stories	p. 134
	Cosmology/Worldview (Structure of the Universe)	p. 139
	Reading	p. 145
7	Funerary Beliefs and Customs	p. 149
	Death and the Afterlife	p. 150
	Preparing the Body	p. 151
	Burial and Funerary Practices	p. 151
	Ancestor Worship	p. 156
	Human Sacrifice	p. 157
	Reading	p. 159
8	Inca Art	p. 161
	Inca Art in Perspective	p. 162
	Stonework	p. 162
	Ceramics	p. 172
	Textiles	p. 174
	Featherwork	p. 178
	Metalwork	p. 178
	Other Media	p. 182
	Reading	p. 183
9	Inca Architecture and Urbanism	p. 187
	Stonemasonry	p. 189
	Masonry Architecture	p. 192
	Building Functions	p. 195
	Urban/Site Planning	p. 202
	Landscape Architecture	p. 206
	Reading	p. 208
10	The Calendar, Astronomy, and Mathematics	p. 213
	Calendar	p. 214
	Astronomy	p. 217
	Cuzco Ceque System: Astronomical Affiliation	p. 222
	Mathematics and the Quipu	p. 225
	Reading	p. 226
11	Economy, Industry, and Trade	p. 231
	Agriculture	p. 232
	Role of Animals	p. 234
	Water	p. 236
	Mines and Mining	p. 236
	An Empire Connected	p. 238
	Division of Labor	p. 242
	Craft Production	p. 244
	Measurement	p. 247
	Storage	p. 248
	Reading	p. 249
12	Daily Life	p. 253
	Family	p. 254
	Women	p. 258
	Agriculture and Ritual	p. 263
	Food and Drink	p. 264
	Education	p. 267
	Medicine and Shamanism	p. 267
	Games and Recreation	p. 270
	Personal Appearance and Attire	p. 271
	Crime and Punishment	p. 272
	Reading	p. 274
13	The Conquest and the Postconquest World	p. 277
	The Conquest of the Incas	p. 278
	Colonial Transition and Identity	p. 282
	Transition to Writing	p. 287
	The Spread of Christianity	p. 288
	Colonial Art	p. 290
	The Inca World Today	p. 292
	Reading	p. 293
	Glossary	p. 295
	Bibliography	p. 298
	Index	p. 310

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