| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Civilization of the American Indian series |
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Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 88.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
A History And Description Of The Inca People In TheirFinal Days. |
| Contents |
Pt.1. The lords described. The hummingbird ; The hummingbird's people ; Cuzcoquiti ; Down the valley to Huanacauri ; Huanacauri to Muina ; The three roots of the Inca stock ; The Incas as a caste ; The Ayllu ; The Panaca ; The Purucaya ; The cult of the Panaca ; Time and the Inca calendar ; The lessening power of the Inca people ; Division appears ; The events of Huascar's youth ; The Pahuac Oncoy -- pt.2. The last reign opens. The center of Cuzco ; Coricancha and the lion's tail ; The waters of Cuzco ; Cuzco south of the Sapi ; Huascar's assumption of power ; The slaughter of the brothers ; A new danger ; Limatambo ; To Cuzco on the Chinchaysuyo road ; The turning point ; The intellectual life of the Incas ; Coronation, marriage, and mourning ; A tale of brothers and sisters ; Cuzco harvest : the Aymoray ; Imperial harvest : the Inti Raymi ; A wall on Collcampata -- pt.3. The beliefs of the last reign. The integration of the heavens ; Huaca ; Cuzco as a Huaca ; Gods and Huacas ; Priests and sorcerers ; The sacred river ; Machu Picchu ; Hahua Ricuy Simi : tales of far things seen ; Pallas, feasts, dances, and games ; Of love and sex ; Spies, minions, and servants ; Night and day ; The Situa ; The first act : in heaven ; The second act : in Cuzcoquiti ; The third act : on the altar ; The fourth act : in the world -- pt.4. War enters the great city. The love between brothers ; The Quilaco embassy ; Sacsahuaman ; The words of war ; The road to war ; Topa Atauhuallpa, founder prince ; First news from the front ; Gods before generals ; The last review ; A vigil of women ; The surrender ; Vae victis! ; The inner city of women -- pt. 5. The lords perish. Runa simi : The Incas' tongue ; What is man? ; The return of the Pururaucas ; Andamarca and the news from the north ; The last of Atauhuallpa's generals ; Manco Inca's reign in Cuzco ; Auccay Yntuy : the siege ; Manco Inca, first of the Vilcabamba emperors ; The very noble city ; The Vilcabamba interlude ; Don Pablo Tupac Amaru and the last of the Incas ; Retrospect. |
| Subject |
Cuzco (Peru) -- History.
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Peru -- History -- To 1548.
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Incas -- Kings and rulers.
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Peru -- History -- To 1548.
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Cuzco, Perú -- Historia.
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Perú -- Historia -- Hasta 1548.
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Incas -- Kings and rulers.
(OCoLC)fst00968474
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Peru. (OCoLC)fst01205190
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Peru -- Cuzco.
(OCoLC)fst01211171
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Inka's.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1548
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
History and description of the Inca people in their final days |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Brundage, Burr Cartwright, 1912-1993. Lords of Cuzco. [1st ed.]. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1967] (OCoLC)575692672 |
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Online version: Brundage, Burr Cartwright, 1912-1993. Lords of Cuzco. [1st ed.]. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1967] (OCoLC)606151502 |
| ISBN |
0806119551 |
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9780806119557 |
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