Gods Of The Andes

Author : Blas Valera
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271048808
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods of the Andes written by Blas Valera and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An English translation of a sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript, by an Inca Jesuit, about Inca religion and the spread of Christianity in colonial Peru. Includes an introductory essay"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Tony Morrison
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pathways to the Gods written by Tony Morrison and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Cameron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783781525
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kingdom of the Sun God written by Ian Cameron and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David D. Gow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gods and Social Change in the High Andes written by David D. Gow and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Johan Reinhard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0792268385
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ice Maiden written by Johan Reinhard and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes armchair adventurers and archaeological enthusiasts not only to the excavation, but back through Peruvian history as it revisits the 1995 discovery of the mummy of a 14-year-old who died or was sacrificed some 530 years ago.

Author : Johan Reinhard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426201761
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice Maiden written by Johan Reinhard and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-11-21 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johan Reinhard's discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of an Inca girl made international headlines in 1995, reaching more than a billion people worldwide. One of the best-preserved mummies ever found, it was a stunning and significant time capsule, the spectacular climax to an Andean quest that yielded no fewer than ten ancient human sacrifices as well as the richest collection of Inca artifacts in archaeological history. Here is the paperback edition of his first-person account, which The Washington Post called "incredible…compelling and often astonishing" and The Wall Street Journal described as "… part adventure story, part detective story, and part memoir—an engaging look at a rarefied world." It's a riveting combination of mountaineering adventure, archaeological triumph, academic intrigue, and scientific breakthrough which has produced important results ranging from the best-preserved DNA of its age to the first complete set of an Inca noblewoman's clothing. At once a vivid personal story, a treasure trove of new insights on the lives and culture of the Inca, and a fascinating glimpse of cutting-edge research in fields as varied as biology, botany, pathology, ornithology and history, The Ice Maiden is as spellbinding and unforgettable as the long-dead but still vital young woman at its heart.

Author : Nathan Wachtel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226867632
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods and Vampires written by Nathan Wachtel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-06-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nathan Wachtel, the distinguished historical anthropologist, returned to the village of Chipaya, the site of his extensive fieldwork in the Bolivian Andes, he learned a group of Uru Indians was being incarcerated and tortured for no apparent reason. Even more strangely, no one—not even his closest informant and friend—would speak about it. Wachtel discovered that a series of recent deaths and misfortunes in Chipaya had been attributed to the evil powers of the Urus, a group usually regarded with suspicion by the other ethnic groups. Those incarcerated were believed to be the chief sorcerers and vampires whose paganistic practices had brought death to Chipaya by upsetting the social order. Wachtel's investigation, told in Gods and Vampires: Back to Chipaya, reveals much about relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups and confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropology. His analysis shows that the Urus had become victims of the same set of ideals the Spanish had used, centuries before, to establish their hegemony in the region. Presented as a personal detective story, Gods and Vampires is Wachtel's latest work in a series studying the ongoing impact of the Spanish conquest on the Andean consciousness and social system. Its insight into Bolivian society and the legacy of hegemony confronts some of the most trenchant issues in contemporary anthropologyand will be of great interest to scholars of anthropology, Latin American studies, and Native American studies.

Author : Ian Cameron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881624144
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kingdom of the Sun Gods written by Ian Cameron and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sabine MacCormack
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400843693
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion in the Andes written by Sabine MacCormack and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing problems of objectivity and authenticity, Sabine MacCormack reconstructs how Andean religion was understood by the Spanish in light of seventeenth-century European theological and philosophical movements, and by Andean writers trying to find in it antecedents to their new Christian faith.

Author : Jack Zimmerman
Publisher : New Leaf Books
ISBN 13 : 9781930076044
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods of the Andes written by Jack Zimmerman and published by New Leaf Books. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the South Side of Chicago in the summer of 1959, this tale features a unique cast of characters. Fred Mueller mopes over a failed Juilliard audition. Fred's father wants to run away to the Andes, but the White Sox are about to clinch the American League Pennant. The unmarried sister of Fred's friend inspires a betting scheme that changes everything.