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Author : Michael Sisson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963330802
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Inca Blues written by Michael Sisson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Agustin Alexander Obando Bartolo
Publisher : Agustin Alexander Obando Bartolo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Blue Whale written by Agustin Alexander Obando Bartolo and published by Agustin Alexander Obando Bartolo. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Esperanza tells a bed story to her grandson Sasha. It is about the largest, the strongest, the fastest and the most beautiful blue whale in the world. It jumps out of an ocean and lands in another ocean, but despite its beauty and power, it has to ask for help from a super powerful man so she can live.
Author : Johan Reinhard
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains written by Johan Reinhard and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Incas carried out some of the most dramatic ceremonies known to us from ancient times. Groups of people walked hundreds of miles across arid and mountainous terrain to perform them on mountains over 6,096 m (20,000 feet) high. The most important offerings made during these pilgrimages involved human sacrifices (capacochas). Although Spanish chroniclers wrote about these offerings and the state sponsored processions of which they were a part, their accounts were based on second-hand sources, and the only direct evidence we have of the capacocha sacrifices comes to us from archaeological excavations. Some of the most thoroughly documented of these were undertaken on high mountain summits, where the material evidence has been exceptionally well preserved. In this study we describe the results of research undertaken on Mount Llullaillaco (6,739 m/22,109 feet), which has the world's highest archaeological site. The types of ruins and artifact assemblages recovered are described and analyzed. By comparing the archaeological evidence with the chroniclers' accounts and with findings from other mountaintop sites, common patterns are demonstrated; while at the same time previously little known elements contribute to our understanding of key aspects of Inca religion. This study illustrates the importance of archaeological sites being placed within the broader context of physical and sacred features of the natural landscape.
Author : Andrew James Hamilton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691256969
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Royal Inca Tunic written by Andrew James Hamilton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art The most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a long-lost writing system. But very little is really known about it. The Royal Inca Tunic reconstructs the history of this enigmatic object, presenting significant new findings about its manufacture and symbolism in Inca visual culture. Andrew James Hamilton draws on meticulous physical examinations of the garment conducted over a decade, wide-ranging studies of colonial Peruvian manuscripts, and groundbreaking research into the tunic’s provenance. He methodically builds a case for the textile having been woven by two women who belonged to the very highest echelon of Inca artists for the last emperor of the Inca Empire on the eve of the Spanish invasion in 1532. Hamilton reveals for the first time that this imperial vestment remains unfinished and has suffered massive dye fading that transforms its appearance today, and he proposes a bold new conception of what this radiant masterpiece originally looked like. Featuring stunning photography of the tunic and Hamilton’s own beautiful illustrations, The Royal Inca Tunic demonstrates why this object holds an important place in the canon of art history as a deft creation by Indigenous women artists, a reminder of the horrors of colonialism, and an emblem of contemporary Andean identity.
Author : Mark Adams
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101535407
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Turn Right at Machu Picchu written by Mark Adams and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Zacharia Korn
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524593605
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Manhattan’S Blue Ballet written by Zacharia Korn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its a mixture of two main stories. One, in modern times, occurs in the late 1960s in Chile (Arica and Santiago) and deals with teenagers/young mens adventures from school to sex. The second story deals with the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (Peru, 1500s) until just before 1960s and deals with the conquest, colonization, and development of a character whose future generation descendant will connect with the first story in a get-together in Arica, Chile, where these two stories interconnect smoothly through a character called Lucas the Count. It could also be read as a collection of individual tales.
Author : Paul Richard Steele
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851096213
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Inca Mythology written by Paul Richard Steele and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-12-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first introduction to the Incas and their myths aimed at students and general readers, bringing together a wealth of information into one convenient resource. Full of hard to find information, Handbook of Inca Mythology provides an accessible introduction to the rites, beliefs, and spiritual tales of the Incas. It provides a concise overview of Incan civilization and mythology, a chronology of mythic and historical events, and an A–Z inventory of central themes (sacrifice, fertility, competition, reversaldualism, colors, constellations, giants, and miniatures), personages (Viracocha, Manco Capac, Pachackuti Inca), locations (Lake Titicaca, Corickancha), rituals, and icons. The last Native American culture to develop free of European influence, the Incas, who had no written language, are known only from Spanish accounts written after the conquest and archaeological finds. From these fragments, a vanished world has been reborn and reintroduced into modern Andean life. There is no better way into that world and its mind-bending mythology than this unique handbook.
Author : Eddy Ancinas
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1647422787
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Tracing Inca Trails written by Eddy Ancinas and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddy Ancinas and her friends set out on on a seven-day horseback trip that takes them over Peru’s rugged terrain to 20,574-foot-high Mt. Salcantay, along an ancient Inca route, and then down into the jungle. During this journey, these fifty-something travelers are challenged by events they never imagined possible: a fall from a horse that results in serious injuries, a train strike that leaves them stranded in a remote village, an eight-hour trek on railroad tracks along the Urubamba River, and a moonlight ride in the back of a truck with questionable brakes on a dirt road over a 14,000-foot pass, among others. It is a journey full of mishaps—and yet Eddy is enchanted by the culture and places she experiences along the way. As she and her fellow travelers explore Lima, Cusco, and the markets, villages, and ruins of the Urubamba Valley, they are deeply touched by the people they meet, fascinated by the clues to an ancient civilization they learn to respect and admire, and enthralled by the spectacular setting where it all takes place: Andean Peru.
Author : Brent Martin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467142646
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Changing Blue Ridge Mountains, The: Essays on Journeys Past & Present written by Brent Martin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement taken from publisher's website.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 075668952X
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books: Aztec, Inca & Maya written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness: Aztec, Inca, and Maya is a spectacular and informative guide to the rise and fall of the pre-Columbian cultures of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas, who built vast empires and left behind a legacy of mystery and wonder. Amazing color photographs offer your child a unique "eyewitness" view of these incredible civilizations. Show your child how jewelry was made, and learn what kind of food the Aztecs ate, how the Incas built their homes, and how the Mayan calendar worked. They'll also discover the secrets of the Inca stonemasons, the rites of passage every warrior had to face, and ceremonies for human sacrifice.
Author : Marcia Ascher
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486152707
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Mathematics of the Incas written by Marcia Ascher and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas. Cultural context, mathematics involved, and even how to make a quipu. Over 125 illustrations.
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Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9781663627780
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book The Inca Empire (True Books: Ancient Civilizations) written by and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Felicity Loveday
ISBN 13 : 0620386274
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Tiri written by and published by Felicity Loveday. This book was released on with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sara Castro-Klarén
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822980983
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Inca Garcilaso and Contemporary World-Making written by Sara Castro-Klarén and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume offers new perspectives from leading scholars on the important work of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), one of the first Latin American writers to present an intellectual analysis of pre-Columbian history and culture and the ensuing colonial period. To the contributors, Inca Garcilaso’s Royal Commentaries of the Incas presented an early counter-hegemonic discourse and a reframing of the history of native non-alphabetic cultures that undermined the colonial rhetoric of his time and the geopolitical divisions it purported. Through his research in both Andean and Renaissance archives, Inca Garcilaso sought to connect these divergent cultures into one world. This collection offers five classical studies of Royal Commentaries previously unavailable in English, along with seven new essays that cover topics including Andean memory, historiography, translation, philosophy, trauma, and ethnic identity. This cross-disciplinary volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Latin American history, culture, comparative literature, subaltern studies, and works in translation.
Author : Ingram Crockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Beneath Blue Skies and Gray written by Ingram Crockett and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terence N. D'Altroy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444331159
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book The Incas written by Terence N. D'Altroy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Boyd
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411691970
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)
Download or read book A Checklist of the World's Bird Species written by David Boyd and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A checklist of the world's 9900+ bird species with latin and English names. Subspecies are not covered. Boxes are also provided for the reader to record their own observations.
