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Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca Rebecca R. Stone
Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Oct 20, 2011 - It is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five hundred years. Situated at the conjunction of the Andean sierra and the Amazon rainforest, the grounds are today a UNESCO World Heritage site. Coastal Peru is one of the driest deserts on earth, watered only by rivers descending from the Andes. Mar 13, 2012 - My assertion is not that the Mayans and the Inca weren't megalithic societies, my assertion is that Central and South America have been almost continuously occupied by megalithic cultures for fifteen to twenty thousand years. Coastal Peru, which includes the capital at Lima, has a . Modern artist Pablo Picasso remarked, “Of all the ancient cultures that I admire, Chavín is the one that surprises me most. Trek to Machu Picchu, Cordillera Blanca, Huayhuash. Jan 18, 2014 - 01: Inca God from Chavin de Huantar [1] When they entered Meso-America, Guatemala did not seem to be part of the Inca polity, even though they probably traveled through the area easily. Apr 10, 2014 - No sooner do you enter than you're thrust into the mists of Peru's remote, pre-Inca past. Alden Mason: The Ancient Civilizations of Peru . In fact, there were a lot of notable groups of Indigenous before the Incas, but it seems that not only do people mostly think about the Incas, most articles on any other group in Peru puts them into perspective of before or during Inca Rule. The ruins of the ancient city state are near the .. Rebecca Stone-Miller: Art of the Andes from Chavín to Inca . The art is intentionally difficult to interpret and understand, since it was intended only to be read by high priests of the Chavín cult who could understand the intricately complex and sacred designs, and thus their power. The first major culture to arise in Peru was that of the Chavin, around 1000 BC. Jan 30, 2012 - Peru is an exotic travel bargain of the Americas. Mar 14, 2011 - Hiram Bingham: Lost City of the Incas . The Tiwanaku created a powerful ideology, using previous Andean icons that spread throughout their sphere of influence using extensive trade routes and shamanistic art. Aug 13, 2013 - But the Incas extinguished earlier traditions as mercilessly as the Spaniards were to crush their own, and many of the cultures that rose and fell in the Andes and its fringes are shrouded in mystery. Others followed: the Paracas of central Peru, who mummified their dead and wrapped them in magnificent fabrics; the Moche of the northern coast, who were great builders and goldsmiths. ChavÌn de Huántar Urton, Gary (1981) At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: An Andean Cosmology, Austin: University of Texas Press.