Treasures of the Andes : the glories of Inca and pre-Columbian South America / Jeffrey Quilter.

By: Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Duncan Baird, 2005Description: 224 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 31 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781844831494 (hbk.) :; 1844831493 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Indian art -- Mexico | Indian art -- South America | Indians of Central America -- Antiquities | Incas -- Antiquities | Indian art | Antiquities | Civilization | Indians of South America -- Antiquities | Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities | Andes Region | Andes Region -- Antiquities | Andes Region -- CivilizationGenre/Form: Nonfiction DDC classification: 980.012 LOC classification: F2212 | .Q55 2005
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The realm of Inti -- Beginnings -- Monster gods of the cosmos -- Sacred mountains, sacred plains -- Lords of high places -- Kingdoms of gold -- The Inca: masters of the four quarters -- A world turned upside down.
Summary: Sets the riches of South America in their historical and regional context and restores an important missing piece in the jigsaw of the world's great civilizations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The realm of Inti -- Beginnings -- Monster gods of the cosmos -- Sacred mountains, sacred plains -- Lords of high places -- Kingdoms of gold -- The Inca: masters of the four quarters -- A world turned upside down.

Sets the riches of South America in their historical and regional context and restores an important missing piece in the jigsaw of the world's great civilizations.

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