Indians of the Andes : Aymaras and Quechuas /
This book traces the history and ecology of the Aymaras and the Quechuas: the highland peoples of the Central Andes, who formed the nucleus of the great Inca Empire which extended for two thousand miles along the Pacific coast to the fringes of the tropical interior. In twenty millennia the Indians...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2004
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| Series: | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book traces the history and ecology of the Aymaras and the Quechuas: the highland peoples of the Central Andes, who formed the nucleus of the great Inca Empire which extended for two thousand miles along the Pacific coast to the fringes of the tropical interior. In twenty millennia the Indians of the Andes had had no cultural contacts with the Old World yet they had already passed independently through stages of development usually associated with the Neolithic Age and had achieved a degree of technical and artistic excellence. In four centuries of contact there has of course been appre. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136544453 1136544453 9781315017792 1315017792 9781136544590 1136544593 9781136544521 1136544526 9781138862005 1138862002 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
