By Gary Urton,Adriana von Hagen
Following a extensive creation, 128 person entries discover wide-ranging topics (religion, structure, farming) and particular issues (ceremonial ingesting cup, astronomy), interweaving ethnohistoric and archaeological learn with nuanced interpretation. every one access presents feedback for additional analyzing. Sidebars profiling chroniclers and researchers of Inca life—ranging from José de Acosta and Cristóbal de Albornoz to Maria Rostworowski and R. Tom Zuidema—add intensity and context for the cultural entries. Cross-references, alphabetical and topical lists of entries, and an intensive index support readers navigate the quantity. A chronology, chosen bibliography, neighborhood map, and virtually 90 illustrations around out the amount. In sum, theEncyclopedia of the Incas offers a different, complete source for students, in addition to most of the people, to discover the civilization of the Incas—the biggest empire of the pre-Columbian New World.
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Encyclopedia of the Incas by Gary Urton,Adriana von Hagen