Machu Picchu Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas

Name: Machu Picchu Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
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ISBN: 9780300136456

ISBN-10: 0300136455

ISBN-13: 9780300136456

Edition: 2008

Authors: Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar

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Situated high in the Peruvian Andes, the fifteenth-century Inca palace complex at Machu Picchu is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in the world. In this beautifully illustrated book, leading American and Peruvian scholars provide an unprecedented overview of the site, its place within the Inca empire, the mysteries surrounding its establishment and abandonment, and the discoveries made there since the excavations by archaeologist Hiram Bingham III in the early twentieth century. Drawing upon the most recent scientific findings, the authors vividly describe the royal estate in the cloud forest where the Inca emperor and his guests went to escape the pressures of the…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 0.85" wide x 1.09" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Richard L. Burger, professor of anthropology at Yale University, has written many articles and books on South American prehistory.

Lucy C. Salazar, cocurator of the Machu Picchu exhibition and curatorial affiliate in anthropology at the Peabody Museum, is an authority on Inca archaeology and the early prehistory of Peru.