Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-309) and index
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Inca civilization and archaeology -- Evolution of Andean civilization -- Geography of the Inca world -- Society and government -- Military & warfare -- Religion, cosmology, and mythology -- Funerary beliefs and customs -- Inca art -- Inca architecture and urbanism -- The calendar, astronomy, and mathematics -- Economy, industry, and trade -- Daily life -- The conquest and the post-conquest world -- Glossary
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Handbook to Life in the Inca World is a comprehensive and accessible examination of the Inca Empire, which stretched across the Andes Mountains in Peru from the 13th century until the invasion of the Spanish in the 16th century. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, art history, ethnography, and 16th-century Spanish chronicles, this handbook offers a readable, informative, and easy-to-navigate format that explains how the Inca Empire became such an influential and powerful civilization. --from publisher description