The Andes /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
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New York :
Grosset & Dunlap,
1977.
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| Series: | Monuments of civilization.
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Table of Contents:
- Map of principal sites of Andean civilization
- Early Andean cultures. Early man in the Andes ; The formative period ; Chavin de Huantar ; Cerro Sechin ; The equatorial cultures ; The southern highlands ; The classic period ; The Mochica culture ; The Nazca culture ; Tiahuanaco : the site and its culture ; The Gateway of the Sun ; The Kulpi and the Chullpa ; Northern highlands cultures ; The Chimu culture and Chanchan ; La Fortaleza at Paramonga
- The Inca. Society under the Inca ; Origins of the Inca ; The Inca dynasty ; The last great Inca rulers ; Organization of the Inca state ; Cuzco : the center of the world ; The Temple of the Sun ; Sacsahuaman ; Roads, tambos, and forts ; Technology and architecture ; Great Inca sanctuaries ; Machu Picchu ; Ollantaytambo
- Appendices. The Andean Indians in Europeans' eyes ; Chronological chart of Pre-Hispanic central Andes.
