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The Incas and Their Ancestors

by: Moseley, Michael E.

The Incas and Their Ancestors

by: Moseley, Michael E.

ISBN 13:
9780500277232
ISBN 10:
0500277230
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/1993
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
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'An outstanding volume that provides a comprehensive and coherent introduction to the prehistory of the Andes...'--Professor Richard L. Burger, 'Hispanic American Historical Review'

Introduction	p. 7
The Incas	p. 9
The conquest	p. 11
The historical record	p. 12
The archaeological record	p. 17
Land of the Four Quarters	p. 25
The Cordillera	p. 25
Geography of the Four Quarters	p. 32
Making a living	p. 43
The Inca Model of Statecraft	p. 51
The cosmos	p. 51
The ayllu	p. 53
Statecraft	p. 70
Colonization of the Cordillera	p. 87
The colonization process	p. 87
Adaptive dispersal	p. 92
Domestication	p. 102
The Preceramic Foundations of Civilization	p. 107
Preceramic economies	p. 107
Social formations	p. 114
Arts	p. 115
Monumental architecture	p. 117
The Initial Period and Early Horizon	p. 131
Irrigation agriculture	p. 133
Monumental architecture	p. 136
Highland developments	p. 143
The Titicaca Basin	p. 154
The Early Horizon	p. 158
The southern sphere	p. 158
Chavin and the northern sphere	p. 163
The Early Intermediate Period	p. 173
North coast	p. 174
The central and south coasts	p. 196
The sierra	p. 203
The altiplano	p. 208
The Middle Horizon	p. 223
Moche upheaval	p. 223
Huari adaptive dispersal	p. 230
Tiwanaku	p. 238
The Late Intermediate Period	p. 245
The Titicaca region	p. 245
The southern sierra	p. 247
The central and northern sierra	p. 257
The central and south coasts	p. 258
Chimor and the north	p. 261
Epilogue	p. 276
Sources of Illustrations	p. 278
General Bibliography	p. 279
Archaeological Bibliography	p. 280
Index	p. 284
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