The Great Inka Road :

by 20160731 frey50

, Great Inca road, engineering an empire

Additional authors: Matos Mendieta, Ramiro, -- Ed. | Barreiro, Jose, -- Ed. | National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.),

Edition statement:First edition. Published by : National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC) , 2015 Physical details: xv, 210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm ISBN:9781588344953; 1588344959. ISSN:978158834

Subject(s): National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) | Inca roads | Incas -- Civilization | Incas -- Antiquities | Qhapaq Nan

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"Accompanying a major exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian"--Dust jacket front flap.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / by G. Wayne Clough -- Foreword / by Kevin Gover -- Introduction : Strong in our hearts : the legacy of the Inka Road / Jose Barreiro -- The Qhapaq Nan and its landscapes / Victoria Castro -- The Inka road system in the Valley of Cusco / Donato Amado Gonzales -- Inka city planning in Cusco / Ricardo Mar Medina and Jose Alejandro Beltran-Caballero -- Mountains and the sacred landscape of the Inka / Christian Vitry -- The Inka trails near Machu Picchu / Kenneth R. Wright and Ruth M. Wright -- Spanning the Andes : history and technology of Inka suspension bridges / John Ochsendorf -- Qhapaq Nan and the khipu : Inka administration on the road and along the cord / Gary Urton -- Messages from the Qhapaq Nan : the chaskis and their contribution to Andean communication / Sergio Martin -- Llama caravans / Axel E. Nielsen -- The Inka Road to the Chinchaysuyu / Jose Luis Pino Matos -- Ceques, roads, and astronomy in Cusco and the Inka empire / R.T. Zuidema -- Tampus / Mauricio Rodriguez Uribe -- The Inka in Chile / Jose Berenguer -- Qhapaq Nan : Andean road system through the Collasuyu to the end of the Tawantinsuyu / J. Roberto Barcena -- Engineering the Inka Road / Clifford Schexnayder, Christine M. Fiori, and Gerardo Chang Recavarren -- Inka in Tiwanaku / Alexei Vranich -- Salt routes from Uyuni and Atacama / Karina A. Yager -- The Contisuyu road / Edmundo de la Vega Machicao -- Antisuyu / Mario A. Rivera -- The coca route / Samantha Pary Ghayour McKnew -- From Inka Road to royal road : the Inka Road in colonial times / Carmen Arellano -- Qeros and long-distance exchange / Emily Kaplan -- The living road / Ramiro Matos Mendieta.

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