Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction to the Inca
  • The Cuzco Valley at the time of the Inca Empire : a brief overview
  • The Cuzco Valley and its natural resources
  • Overview of Cuzco archaeological research
  • The Cuzco Valley Archaeological Project
  • The Cuzco chronology
  • 2. The Inca heartland
  • The social hierarchy of the Cuzco region
  • Summary and discussion
  • 3. Human impact and environmental history of the Cuzco region / Alex Chepstow-Lusty, Brian S. Bauer, Michael Frogley
  • Ice cores
  • Lake-sediment cores
  • The Cuzco environment and human impact : 10,000-2000 BC
  • The Cuzco environment and human impact : 2000 BC-AD 100
  • The Cuzco environment and human impact : AD 100-1100
  • The Cuzco environment and human impact : AD 1100-1490
  • The Cuzco environment and human impact during the Little Ice Age : AD 1490-1880
  • Summary and discussion
  • 4. The Archaic Period and the first people of the Cuzco Valley (9500-2200 BC) / Brian Bauer, Bradford Jones, Cindy Klink
  • The Cuzco Archaic Period
  • Summary and discussion
  • 5. The formative period and the emergence of ranked societies (2200 BC-AD 200)
  • The early formative phase (2200-1500 BC) and the beginnings of ceramic production
  • The middle formative phase and the establishment of autochthonous village leadership (ca. 1500-500 BC)
  • The late formative phase and the development of a valley-wide chiefdom (500 BC-AD 200)
  • The late formative phase in the Cuzco Valley
  • Summary and discussion
  • 6. The Qotakalli Period : time of regional development (AD 200-600)
  • Previous research on the Qotakalli Period
  • Altiplano influence in the Cuzco region during the Qotakalli Period
  • The Cuzco Valley during the Qotakalli Period
  • The distribution of Qotakalli ceramics beyond the Cuzco Valley
  • Summary and discussion
  • 7. The Wari Period (AD 600-1000) in the Cuzco region
  • Indicators of Wari influence
  • The development and expansion of the Wari Empire
  • The site of Pikillacta
  • The Wari in the Cuzco region
  • Dating the period of Wari influence in the Cuzco region
  • Summary and discussion.
  • 8. The development of the Inca state (AD 1000-1400) / Brian S. Bauer, R. Alan Covey
  • Previous research on the development of the Inca heartland
  • Archaeological surveys in the Inca heartland
  • Ceramic styles of the Killke Period
  • Other Killke-related styles in the Cuzco region
  • State formation in the Cuzco basin
  • The region South of the Cuzco Valley
  • The region West and Northwest of the Cuzco Valley
  • The region North of the Cuzco Valley
  • The region East and Southeast of the Cuzco Valley
  • Inca state formation and Imperial administrative strategies
  • Summary and discussion
  • 9. The Cuzco Valley during Imperial Inca rule
  • Identifying Inca sites
  • Distribution of Inca sites in the Cuzco Valley
  • Storage facilities in Cuzco and the valley
  • The site of Sacsayhuaman
  • Summary and discussion
  • 10. Inca Cuzco
  • Important documents
  • The arrival of the first Europeans in Cuzco
  • The fall of Inca Cuzco (1533-1536)
  • The plazas of Central Cuzco
  • The Casana compound
  • The Coracora compound
  • East side of the plaza
  • The Amarucancha compound
  • The Sondorhuaci tower
  • The Acllahuaci compound
  • The Hatuncancha compound
  • The Pucamarca compound
  • Cusicancha
  • Other important buildings in Cuzco
  • Summary and discussion
  • 11. The Coricancha
  • Atahualpa's ransom and the gold of the Coricancha (1533-1534)
  • Other early descriptions of the Coricancha
  • The Coricancha and Inca astronomy
  • The Coricancha as the center of the empire
  • The Coricancha and the shrines of the Cuzco ceque system
  • Summary and discussion
  • 12. The mummies of the royal Inca
  • Polo de Ondegardo and the Inca mummies
  • Ancestor worship in the Andes
  • The royal panacas of Cuzco
  • Care for the mummies
  • Representations of the Inca kings and their huauques and bultos
  • Discovery and destruction of the royal Inca mummies
  • Polo de Ondegardo, Viceroy Hurtado de Mendoza, and the fate of the Inca mummies
  • - Summary and discussion
  • 13. Overview of the Inca heartland
  • Appendix. Radiocarbon dates from the Cuzco region
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.