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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction to the Inca | |
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| The Cuzco Valley at the Time of the Inca Empire: A Brief Overview | |
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| The Cuzco Valley and Its Natural Resources | |
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| Overview of Cuzco Archaeological Research | |
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| The Cuzco Valley Archaeological Project | |
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| The Cuzco Chronology | |
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| The Inca Heartland | |
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| The Social Hierarchy of the Cuzco Region | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Human Impact and Environmental History of the Cuzco Region | |
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| Ice Cores | |
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| Lake-Sediment Cores | |
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| The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: 10,000-2000 BC | |
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| The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: 2000 BC-AD 100 | |
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| The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: AD 100-1100 | |
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| The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: AD 1100-1490 | |
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| The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact during the Little Ice Age: AD 1490-1880 | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Archaic Period and the First People of the Cuzco Valley (9500-2200 BC) | |
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| The Cuzco Archaic Period | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Formative Period and the Emergence of Ranked Societies (2200 BC-AD 200) | |
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| The Early Formative Phase (2200-1500 BC) and the Beginnings of Ceramic Production | |
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| The Middle Formative Phase and the Establishment of Autochthonous Village Leadership (ca. 1500-500 BC) | |
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| The Late Formative Phase and the Development of a Valley-wide Chiefdom (500 BC-AD 200) | |
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| The Late Formative Phase in the Cuzco Valley | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Qotakalli Period: Time of Regional Development (AD 200-600) | |
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| Previous Research on the Qotakalli Period | |
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| Altiplano Influence in the Cuzco Region during the Qotakalli Period | |
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| The Cuzco Valley during the Qotakalli Period | |
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| The Distribution of Qotakalli Ceramics beyond the Cuzco Valley | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Wari Period (AD 600-1000) in the Cuzco Region | |
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| Indicators of Wari Influence | |
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| The Development and Expansion of the Wari Empire | |
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| The Site of Pikillacta | |
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| The Wari in the Cuzco Region | |
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| Dating the Period of Wari Influence in the Cuzco Region | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Development of the Inca State (AD 1000-1400) | |
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| Previous Research on the Development of the Inca Heartland | |
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| Archaeological Surveys in the Inca Heartland | |
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| Ceramic Styles of the Killke Period | |
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| Other Killke-Related Styles in the Cuzco Region | |
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| State Formation in the Cuzco Basin | |
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| The Region South of the Cuzco Valley | |
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| The Region West and Northwest of the Cuzco Valley | |
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| The Region North of the Cuzco Valley | |
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| The Region East and Southeast of the Cuzco Valley | |
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| Inca State Formation and Imperial Administrative Strategies | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Cuzco Valley during Imperial Inca Rule | |
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| Identifying Inca Sites | |
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| Distribution of Inca Sites in the Cuzco Valley | |
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| Storage Facilities in Cuzco and the Valley | |
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| The Site of Sacsayhuaman | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Inca Cuzco | |
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| Important Documents | |
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| The Arrival of the First Europeans in Cuzco | |
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| The Fall of Inca Cuzco (1533-1536) | |
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| The Plazas of Central Cuzco | |
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| The Casana Compound | |
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| The Coracora Compound | |
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| East Side of the Plaza | |
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| The Amarucancha Compound | |
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| The Sondorhuaci Tower | |
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| The Acllahuaci Compound | |
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| The Hatuncancha Compound | |
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| The Pucamarca Compound | |
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| Cusicancha | |
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| Other Important Buildings in Cuzco | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Coricancha | |
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| Atahualpa's Ransom and the Gold of the Coricancha (1533-1534) | |
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| Other Early Descriptions of the Coricancha | |
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| The Coricancha and Inca Astronomy | |
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| The Coricancha as the Center of the Empire | |
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| The Coricancha and the Shrines of the Cuzco Ceque System | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| The Mummies of the Royal Inca | |
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| Polo de Ondegardo and the Inca Mummies | |
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| Ancestor Worship in the Andes | |
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| The Royal Panacas of Cuzco | |
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| Care for the Mummies | |
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| Representations of the Inca Kings and Their Huauques and Bultos | |
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| Discovery and Destruction of the Royal Inca Mummies | |
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| Polo de Ondegardo, Viceroy Hurtado de Mendoza, and the Fate of the Inca Mummies | |
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| Summary and Discussion | |
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| Overview of the Inca Heartland | |
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| Radiocarbon Dates from the Cuzco Region | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |