Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Background, purpose, methodologies, and findings, source materials -- Formal and structural analysis of Inka carved rocks -- Carved rocks on the Cusco zeq'e lines -- The birthplace of the Sun, Moon and the Inka ancestors on the Island of the Sun and the southern basin of Lake Titicaca -- Inka Pacariqtambo : a landscape of power relations through time -- Machu Picchu -- Chinchero -- Discussion and conclusions -- Afterword.
Summary:
"This book investigates the Inka carved outcrops in the Andean highlands in the context of pan-Andean stone cults which predated the Inka and continue to be practiced in modified forms to the present day"--Provided by publisher.
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