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The Machu Picchu guidebook : a self-guided tour / Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra.
Penn Museum Library F3429.1.M3 W75 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Ruth M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antiquities.
- Incas--Antiquities.
- Inca architecture.
- Machu Picchu Site (Peru)--Guidebooks.
- Machu Picchu Site (Peru).
- Inca architecture--Guidebooks.
- Incas--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
- Incas.
- Peru--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
- Peru.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 188 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- Machu Picchu is one of the world's great travel destinations. Built in the mid-fifteenth century by Incan royalty and "re-discovered" by Hiram Bingham in 1911, this awe-inspiring site in the Andes of Peru is the stuff of legends. The Machu Picchu Guidebook has proven to be one of the most successful and acclaimed guidebooks to the popular archaeological treasure. In this comprehensive traveler's guide, the authors offer an almost step-by-step tour of the world-renowned Inca city, keyed to a detailed, full-color foldout map. This fully-updated and revised edition features a new artist's rendition of Machu Picchu, presented as a three-page foldout in glorious color. The painting, which first appeared as a supplement to National Geographic magazine, brings Machu Picchu to life by depicting the royal retreat as it appeared on the June 21st solstice ceremony in the year 1530, at the height of the Inca empire. Further additions include a much-expanded chapter on the holy mountain of Huayna Picchu and an all-new chapter on the birds of Machu Picchu, which includes such species as the Inca wren, found only at this site. Whether you have three hours or three days to spend at Machu Picchu, this book is the one indispensable guide. No traveler should be without it.
- Contents:
- The Guardhouse and the Terrace of the Ceremonial Rock 6
- The Western Urban Sector 15
- The Main Gate and Conjunto 1 15
- The Temple of the Sun, the Royal Mausoleum, and Conjunto 2 20
- The Royal Residence (Conjunto 3) 35
- The Rock Quarry 40
- The Sacred Plaza (Conjunto 4) 44
- The Intiwatana (Conjunto 5) 51
- The Eastern Urban Sector 59
- The Sacred Rock (Conjunto 6), the Unfinished Temple, and the Petroglyph (Peripheral Area C) 60
- Conjuntos 7 and 8 and the Unfinished Wall 66
- The Three Doorways (Conjunto 9) and the Artisans' Wall 68
- Group of the Mortars (Conjuntos 14, 15, and 16) 72
- Conjuntos 10 and 11 80
- Conjunto 12 82
- Conjunto 13 and Intimachay 84
- The Temple of the Condor (Conjunto 17) and Conjunto 18 87
- Various Sights on the Way Out 94
- The Mummies 103
- Inca Water Management 106
- Recently Discovered Inca Trail Down to the Urubamba River 112
- Side Trips 117
- Inca Drawbridge 117
- Intipunku (Gate of the Sun) 119
- Huayna Picchu, including Una Picchu and Alternate Trail to the Temple of the Moon 130
- Temple of the Moon 148
- Machu Picchu Mountain 152
- Winay Wayna 155
- The Birds of Machu Picchu 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-172) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1555663273
- OCLC:
- 53330849
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