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  • Inka Bird Idiom

    Amazonian Feathers in the Andes

    Series series Pitt Latin American Series
    From majestic Amazonian macaws and highland Andean hawks to tiny colorful tanagers and tall flamingos, birds and their feathers played an important role in the Inka empire. Claudia Brosseder uncovers the many meanings that Inkas attached to the diverse fowl of the Amazon, the eastern Andean foothills, and the highlands. She shows how birds and feathers shaped Inka politics, launched wars, and ... Read more

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  • The Power of Huacas

    Change and Resistance in the Andean World of Colonial Peru

    Based on extensive archival research, The Power of Huacas is the first book to take account of the reciprocal effects of religious colonization as they impacted Andean populations and, simultaneously, dramatically changed the culture and beliefs of Spanish Christians.Winner, Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Historical Studies, American Academy of Religion, 2015The ... Read more

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  • The Inca

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    In their heyday the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the ‘Romans of the Americas’, these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, challenging landscapes of the Andes into a fertile region able to feed millions, alongside building royal estates such as Machu Picchu and a 40,000-kilometre road network ... Read more

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    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
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  • Pre-Columbian America

    Empires of the New World

    Series series Britannica Guide to Ancient Civilizations
    From the Mayan calendar to the Toltec architecture at Chichén Itzá, the bequests of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations have endured long after the societies that created them declined. The intellectual and cultural achievements of Pre-Columbian America rivaled those of ancient Rome and Egypt, and greatly enriched the landscape of present-day Mexico and Central America. The traditions, social ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas. Chapters span from the establishment of Aztec city-states to the encounter with the Spanish empire and the Colonial period that shaped the modern world. Articles in the Handbook take up new research trends and ... Read more

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    Engineering an Empire

    This compelling collection of essays explores the Qhapaq nan (or Great Inca Road), an extensive network of trails reaching modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived for more than six centuries are a testament to the advanced engineering and construction skills of the Inca people. The ... Read more

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  • The Fate of Earthly Things

    Aztec Gods and God-Bodies

    Series series Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas
    "Bassett at last provides a path to understand better the specifically Aztec characteristics of the teteoh and their ritual 'embodiments.'" — EthnohistoryFollowing their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" ( teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This ... Read more

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