Terence N. D'Altroy: The Incas | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781444331158 | The Incas 2e | Peoples of America | TN D´Altroy | Taschenbuch | 2014

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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

¿ Written by one of the world's leading experts on Inca civilization

¿ Covers Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization

¿ Explicitly examines how the Inca world view and philosophy affected the character of the empire

¿ Illustrated with over 90 maps, figures, and photographs

Über den Autor

Terence N. D'Altroy is Loubat Professor of American Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology and founding Director of the Center for Archaeology at Columbia University in the City of New York. During more than 40 years of archaeological research, he has worked in the central highlands, Cuzco region and coast of Peru, in Argentina, the United States, and Mexico. His publications include Provincial Power in the Inka Empire (1992), Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History (co-editor, 2001), and The Incas: Inside an American Empire (2004).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Preface to the First Edition xv

1 Introduction 1

2 The Land and Its People 33

3 The Incas before the Empire 68

4 The History of the Empire: Narrative Visions 91

5 Thinking Inca 119

6 The Politics of Blood in Cuzco 174

7 The Heartland of the Empire 198

8 Inca Ideology: Powers of the Sky and Earth, Past and Present 247

9 Family, Community, and Class 290

10 Militarism 321

11 Provincial Rule 351

12 Farmers, Herders, and Storehouses 392

13 Things and Their Masters 418

14 Invasion and Aftermath 449

References 476

Glossary of Foreign Terms 520

Index 527

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Peoples of America
Inhalt:	Preface to the Second Edition ixPreface to the First Edition xv1 Introduction 12 The Land and Its People 333 The Incas before the Empire 684 The History of the Empire: Narrative Visions 915 Thinking Inca 1196 The Politics of Blood in Cuzco 1747 The Heart
ISBN-13:	9781444331158
ISBN-10:	1444331159
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	D'Altroy, Terence N.
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	John Wiley & Sons John Wiley and Sons Ltd Peoples of America
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	228 x 153 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Terence N. D'Altroy
Erscheinungsdatum:	16.05.2014
Gewicht:	0,712 kg