| Contents |
Thematic contents -- Introduction -- Map -- Acllacuna -- Acosta, José de -- Administration -- Administration, Decimal -- Albornoz, Cristóbal de -- Andes, Central -- Anello Oliva, Giovanni -- Animals, Domesticated -- Antisuyu -- Archaeology, Cuzco -- Architecture -- Arithmetic -- Astronomy -- Avila, Francisco de -- Ayllu -- Aymara -- Battles, ritual -- Bertonio, Ludovico -- Betanzos, Juan de -- Bingham, Hiram -- Bridges -- Cabello Valboa, Miguel -- Cajamarca -- Calancha, Antonio de la -- Calendar, Ritual -- Capac Hucha -- Catequil -- Census -- Ceques -- Ceramics -- Chicha -- Chinchaysuyu -- Chroniclers, Conquest -- Chronology, Inca -- Chronology, Pre-Inca -- Cieza de León, Pedro de -- Cobo, Bernabé -- Coca -- Collasuyu -- Conquests -- Coricancha -- Costume -- Crime and punishment -- Cuisine -- Cuntisuyu -- Cuzco -- Dance Deities -- Diseases, Foreign -- Divination -- Dualism -- Economy, Household -- Estates, royal -- Ethnicity -- Ethnography, as a source -- Expansion -- Farming -- Feasts, State-sponsored -- Feathers -- Foodstuffs, Domesticated -- Fortifications -- Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca -- González Holguín, Diego -- Guaman Poma de Ayala, Felipe -- Health and illness -- Huaca -- Inca by privilege -- Invasion, Spanish -- Irrigation -- Islands of the Sun and the Moon -- Keros -- King list -- Kinship, Divine -- Labor service -- Legacy, Inca -- Machu Picchu -- Metallurgy -- Mining -- Molina, Cristóbal de -- Mummies, Royal -- Murra, John Victor -- Murúa, Martín de -- Music -- Myths, Origin -- Oracles -- Pachacamac -- Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamaygua, Joan de Santa Cruz -- Panaca -- Pease, Franklin -- Pizarro, Pedro -- Planning, Settlement -- Polo Ondegardo, Juan -- Puquina -- Quarrying and stonecutting -- Quechua -- Quipa -- Relaciones Geográficas -- Religion -- Roads -- Rostworowski, María -- Rowe, John Howland -- Rule, Imperial -- Sacsahuaman -- Sámano account -- Sapa Inca -- Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro -- Seafaring -- Storage -- Subsistence -- Tambos -- Tello, Julio C. -- Temples -- Terracing -- Titu Cusi Yupanqui, Diego de Castro -- Uhle, Max -- Ushnu -- Valera, Blas -- Vilca -- Vilcabamba -- Village life -- Visitas -- Warfare -- Wars, Dynastic -- Wealth -- Weaving and textiles -- Women -- Worship, Ancestor -- Zuidema, R. Tom. |
| Abstract |
The Inca Empire existed for fewer than one hundred years, yet ruled more subjects than either the Aztecs or the Maya and occupied a territory stretching nearly three thousand miles. The Incas left no system of writing; what we know of them has been gleaned from the archaeological record and accounts written following the Spanish invasion. In this A-to-Z encyclopedia, Gary Urton and Adriana von Hagen, together with more than thirty contributors, provide a broad introduction to the fascinating civilization of the Incas, including their settlements, culture, society, celebrations, and achievements. |
