The Oxford Handbook of the Incas

ISBN-13: 9780190219352 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 880 str.

Sonia Alconini Mujica; Alan Covey

Opis

The Oxford Handbook of the Incas aims to be the first comprehensive book on the Inca, the largest empire in the pre-Columbian world. Using archaeology, ethnohistory and art history, the central goal of this handbook is to bring together recent research conducted by experts from different fields that study the Inca empire, from its origins and expansion to its demise and continuing influence in contemporary times.

Recenzje

The book includes input from many of the leading researchers in the field of Andean studies, a multidisciplinary group including archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, architects and biochemists, among others. They provide the reader with a comprehensive discussion of the Inca polity, its empire, administration and management of the many ethnic groups under its control, from Argentina, Bolivia and Chile in the south across Peru, to Ecuador in the north. The Antiquaries Journal

O autorze

Sonia Alconini is David A. Harrison III Professor of Archaeology at University of Virginia. R. Alan Covey is Professor of Anthropology at University of Texas at Austin.