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Nigel Davies
ISBN: 9780140233810
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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As recently as 1987, robbers discovered by far the most spectacular vestiges of the Moche people, who ruled much of Peru for the first six centuries of the Christian era. This find …
This is a general history of the cultures and civilizations of pre-Hispanic Peru from pre-history to the Conquest. Although archaeological excavation, together with analytical study of colonial chroniclers, began in the early part of the twentieth century, the scope of investigation has been greatly intensified over the last two decades, with spectacular results. This is the first book for the general reader and student to incorporate these fresh insights and discoveries, and is as highly readable and engaging as its penetrating and informative.
| ISBN | 0140233814 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9780140233810
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 210 | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 31 Jul 1997 | | Width (mm) | 131 | | Library of Congress | 98128168 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 985.01 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | List of Figures | | | | | | List of Maps | | | | | | List of Illustrations | | | | | | Preface | | | | 1 | | The Birth of Civilization | | 1 | | 2 | | Moche | | 15 | | 3 | | Nazca: Unsolved Enigmas | | 38 | | 4 | | The Middle Kingdoms | | 58 | | 5 | | The Great Chimor | | 80 | | 6 | | The Rise of the Incas | | 108 | | 7 | | The Sacred City | | 136 | | 8 | | The Boundless Realm | | 160 | | 9 | | The Conquest | | 185 | | | | Select Bibliography | | 204 | | | | Index | | 211 |
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