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At the Mountains’ Altar
In high-Andean Peru, Rapaz village maintains a temple to mountain beings who command water and weather. By examining the ritual practices and belief systems of an Andean community, …
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
This volume, part of the Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest …
The Cord Keepers
None of the world’s “lost writings” have proven more perplexing than the mysterious script in which the Inka Empire kept its records. Ancient Andean peoples encoded knowledge in …
Native Lords of Quito in the Age of the Incas
By the time of Columbus, the people of Ecuador's tropical highlands had created small but remarkably complex and interlinked political societies. These small societies for many …
Tombs for the Living
In the Andes, a long history of research on burial records and burial contexts exists for the purpose of reconstructing cultural affiliation, chronology, socioeconomic status, …
The Huarochiri Manuscript
One of the great repositories of a people's world view and religious beliefs, the Huarochirí Manuscript may bear comparison with such civilization-defining works as Gilgamesh, the …
Cord Keepers
None of the world's "e;lost writings"e; have proven more perplexing than the mysterious script in which the Inka Empire kept its records. Ancient Andean peoples encoded …
Their Way of Writing
Native Lords of Quito in the Age of the Incas
In this study Frank Salomon draws on large stores of sources to reconstruct the political and economic institutions of pre-Inca societies.
The Lettered Mountain
Andean peoples joined the world of alphabetic literacy nearly 500 years ago, yet the history of their literacy has remained hidden until now. In The Lettered Mountain, Frank …