The Inka empire : a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Izumi Shimada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shimada, Izumi, editor.

Series:

William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere

The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incas--History.

Incas.

History.

Incas--Social life and customs.

Incas--Antiquities.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 382 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction / Izumi Shimada

Inkas through texts : the primary sources / Frank Salomon

The languages of the Inkas / Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino

Tracing the origin of Inka people through ancient DNA analysis / Ken-ichi Shinoda

Separating the wheat from the chaff : Inka myths, Inka legends and the archaeological evidence for state development / Brian S. Bauer and Douglas K. Smit

Inka imperial intentions and archaeological realities in the Peruvian highlands / R. Alan Covey

Funding the Inka empire / Terence N. D'Altroy

Inka cosmology in Moray : astronomy; agriculture, and pilgrimage / John C. Earls and Gabriela Cervantes

The state of strings : khipu administration in the Inka empire / Gary Urton

Inka art / Thomas B.F. Cummins

Inka textile traditions and their colonial counterparts / Elena Phipps

The Inka built environment / Stella Nair and Jean-Pierre Protzen

Considering Inka royal estates : architecture, economy, history / Susan A. Niles

Inka conceptions of life, death, and ancestor worship / Peter Kaulicke

Collasuyu of the Inka state / Martti Pärssinen

Reading the material record of Inka rule : style, polity, and empire on the north coast of Peru / Frances M. Hayashida and Natalia Guzmán

Over the mountains, down into the Ceja de Selva : Inka strategies and impacts in the Chachapoyas region / Inge Schjellerup

At the end of empire : imperial advances on the northern frontier / Tamara L. Bray

Three faces of the Inka : changing conceptions and representations of the Inka during the colonial period / Tetsuya Amino.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292760790

0292760795

OCLC:

889666373