A sacred landscape : the search for ancient Peru / Hugh Thomson
2007, First Edition. Woodstock, NY : The Overlook Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, faintly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457058
ISBN: 1585679011
Physical description; xix, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index. Contents; Chasing Hiram Bingham to Llactapata -- The Incas and the Andean legacy -- Caral : the beginning of Peruvian civilisation -- The pyramids of the Moche -- Chavin : at the heart of the labyrinth -- The sacred valley -- Reclaiming the desert : the Nasca -- The Huari : the people of the white buildings -- The island of the sun -- A parliament of bears : Qoyllurit'i -- Return to Llactapata : Machu Picchu's observatory. Subjects; Incas - Antiquities, Inca architecture, Peru - Civilization, Peru - Antiquities.
Price: €10.95