Directory of Inca Empire Resources

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This category is intended for resources in English related to the History of the Inca Empire. The description of the resource must be in English, brief, and summarize its content. Esta categoría es para recursos en inglés que tengan que ver con la historia del Imperio de los Incas.

Subcategories

• Social Studies

Resources in This Category

• Chronicles of the Incas, 1540

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1540cieza.asp
  A view of the Incan economy from conquistador Pedro de Cieza de Léon, provided by Modern History Sourcebook.

• History of the Conquest of Peru

  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/southamerican/HistoryoftheConquestofPeru/toc.html
  Online version of the William Prescott classic provided by the World Wide School.

• Ice Mummies

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/
  NOVA Online resource. Archaeological expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of Sara Sara in Peru.

• Ice Treasures of the Inca

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/
  National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.

• Pacaritambo

  http://www.pacaritambo.com/
  Magazine dedicated to the study of the ancient Americas, with emphasis on the Inca/Incas civilization and culture. They also cover the Aztecs, Mayas, Anasazi.

• Talking Knots of the Inka

  http://www.archaeology.org/9611/abstracts/inka.html
  Abstract of a paper on the Inka accounting system that used knotted strings called quipus to record numerical data.

• Tupac Amaru: The Life, Times and Execution of the Last Inca

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tupac_amaru.html
  A history of the first forty years of Inca-Spanish contact, from the execution of Atahualpa to the beheading of Tupac Amaru.

Related Categories

• Home > Regional > South America
• Home > Society > History > By Topic > Exploration > Explorers > Pizarro, Francisco
• Home > Society > Ethnicity > The Americas > Indigenous > Amazonian

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