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Author : Michael Martin
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0736837698
Describes Inca mummies found at Puruchuco and the ice mummies of the Andes, as well as what scientists have learned from them.
Author : Johan Reinhard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781426201769
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 : Arthur C. Aufderheide
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521818265
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Author : Colin Hynson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Incas
ISBN : 0329582062
Step into the shoes of an Incan king and learn about the culture and religion of the Incan people, who lived in South America.
Author : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1534180435
Inca mummies hold fascinating secrets. They teach us hidden facts about the past. This narrative nonfiction book examines Inca mummies and the mummification process. Look inside to uncover these ancient treasures! Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and mummy map.
Author : Christopher Heaney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Anthropological museums and collections
ISBN : 9780197542552
"When the Smithsonian Institution's first Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965, the first thing visitors saw were 160 Andean skulls fixed to the wall like a mushroom cloud. Empires of the Dead explains that Skull Wall's origins, and this introduction establishes its scope: a history from 1532 to the present of how the collection of Inca mummies, Andean crania, and a pre-Hispanic surgery named trepanation made "ancient Peruvians" the single largest population in the Smithsonian and many other museums in Peru, the Americas, and the world. This introduction argues that the Hall of Physical Anthropology displayed these collections while hiding their foundation on Indigenous, Andean, and Peruvian cultures of healing and science. These "Peruvian ancestors" of American anthropology reveal the importance of Indigenous and Latin American science and empire to global history, and their relevance to debates over museums and Indigenous human remains today"--
Author : Barbara A. Somervill
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Incas
ISBN : 9781604131581
A comprehensive history of the Incas that discusses the establishment and decline of the empire, society, daily life, art, science, and culture, and includes a time line, a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of further resources.
Author : Colin Hynson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Incas
ISBN : 0329582062
Step into the shoes of an Incan king and learn about the culture and religion of the Incan people, who lived in South America.
Author : Colin Hynson
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Human sacrifice
ISBN : 0531139263
A humorous look at the lives and deaths of Inca royalty and the practices of the Inca Empire.
Author : Matt Cardin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610694209
Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena. Mortality and death have always fascinated humankind. Civilizations from all over the world have practiced mummification as a means of preserving life after death—a ritual which captures the imagination of scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on all aspects of mummies: their ancient and modern history; their scientific study; their occurrence around the world; the religious and cultural beliefs surrounding them; and their roles in literary and cinematic entertainment. Author and horror guru Matt Cardin brings together 130 original articles written by an international roster of leading scientists and scholars to examine the art, science, and religious rituals of mummification throughout history. Through a combination of factual articles and topical essays, this book reviews cultural beliefs about death; the afterlife; and the interment, entombment, and cremation of human corpses in places like Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Additionally, the book covers the phenomenon of natural mummification where environmental conditions result in the spontaneous preservation of human and animal remains.
Author : Kenneth C. Nystrom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429842450
The modern manifestation of mummy studies began to take shape in the 1970s and has experienced significant growth during the last several decades, largely due to biomedical interest in soft tissue pathology. Although this points to a vibrant field, there are indications that we need to take stock of where it is today and how it may develop in the future, and this volume responds to those demands. In many ways, mummy studies and skeletal bioarchaeology are "sister-disciplines," sharing data sources, methodologies, and practitioners. Given these close connections, this book considers whether paradigmatic shifts that influenced the development of the latter also impacted the former. Whilst there are many available books discussing mummy research, most recent field-wide reviews adopt a biomedical perspective to explore a particular mummy or collection of mummies. The Bioarchaeology of Mummies is a unique attempt at a synthetic, state-of-the-field critical analysis which considers the field from an explicitly anthropological perspective. This book is written for both skeletal bioarcheologists that may not be familiar with the scope of mummy research, and mummy researchers from biomedical fields that may not be as acquainted with current research trends within bioarchaeology.
Author : Lisa Marty
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780787706135
Color Overheads Included! Welcome to the fascinating world of the Ancient Incasrulers of the largest empire of the New World prior to the Spanish arrival. At the height of their reign, Incas controlled nearly two thousand miles of the western coast of South Americafrom northern Ecuador to central Chile. The activities in this book provide insight into the history, religion, culture, art, and life of the ancient Incas. The eight full-color transparencies at the back of the book can be used alone or with specific activities listed in the table of contents.
Author : Aidan Cockburn,Eve Cockburn,Theodore A. Reyman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0521589541
A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Author : Terence N. D'Altroy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444331158
The Incas is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest civilizations ever seen. Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, this thoroughly updated new edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies conducted over the last decade. • Written by one of the world’s leading experts on Inca civilization • Covers Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization • Explores advances in research that include pre-imperial Inca society; the royal capital of Cuzco; the sacred landscape; royal estates; Machu Picchu; provincial relations; the khipu information-recording technology; languages, time frames, gender relations, effects on human biology, and daily life • Explicitly examines how the Inca world view and philosophy affected the character of the empire • Illustrated with over 90 maps, figures, and photographs
Author : R. Alan Covey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190299149
A major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts Previous accounts of the fall of the Inca empire have played up the importance of the events of one violent day in November 1532 at the highland Andean town of Cajamarca. To some, the "Cajamarca miracle"-in which Francisco Pizarro and a small contingent of Spaniards captured an Inca who led an army numbering in the tens of thousands-demonstrated the intervention of divine providence. To others, the outcome was simply the result of European technological and immunological superiority. Inca Apocalypse develops a new perspective on the Spanish invasion and transformation of the Inca realm. Alan Covey's sweeping narrative traces the origins of the Inca and Spanish empires, identifying how Andean and Iberian beliefs about the world's end shaped the collision of the two civilizations. Rather than a decisive victory on the field at Cajamarca, the Spanish conquest was an uncertain, disruptive process that reshaped the worldviews of those on each side of the conflict.. The survivors built colonial Peru, a new society that never forgot the Inca imperial legacy or the enduring supernatural power of the Andean landscape. Covey retells a familiar story of conquest at a larger historical and geographical scale than ever before. This rich new history, based on the latest archaeological and historical evidence, illuminates mysteries that still surround the last days of the largest empire in the pre-Columbian Americas.