The Inka empire : a multidisciplinary approach /
edited by Izumi Shimada.
- First edition.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (vi, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere .
Introduction / Inkas through texts : the primary sources / The languages of the Inkas / Tracing the origin of Inka people through ancient DNA analysis / Separating the wheat from the chaff : Inka myths, Inka legends and the archaeological evidence for state development / Inka imperial intentions and archaeological realities in the Peruvian highlands / Funding the Inka empire / Inka cosmology in Moray : astronomy; agriculture, and pilgrimage / The state of strings : khipu administration in the Inka empire / Inka art / Inka textile traditions and their colonial counterparts / The Inka built environment / Considering Inka royal estates : architecture, economy, history / Inka conceptions of life, death, and ancestor worship / Collasuyu of the Inka state / Reading the material record of Inka rule : style, polity, and empire on the north coast of Peru / Over the mountains, down into the Ceja de Selva : Inka strategies and impacts in the Chachapoyas region / At the end of empire : imperial advances on the northern frontier / Three faces of the Inka : changing conceptions and representations of the Inka during the colonial period / Izumi Shimada -- Frank Salomon -- Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino -- Ken-ichi Shinoda -- Brian S. Bauer and Douglas K. Smit -- R. Alan Covey -- Terence N. D'Altroy -- John C. Earls and Gabriela Cervantes -- Gary Urton -- Thomas B.F. Cummins -- Elena Phipps -- Stella Nair and Jean-Pierre Protzen -- Susan A. Niles -- Peter Kaulicke -- Martti Pärssinen -- Frances M. Hayashida and Natalia Guzmán -- Inge Schjellerup -- Tamara L. Bray -- Tetsuya Amino.
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Incas--History. Incas--Social life and customs. Incas--Antiquities.