The Ancient Civilizations of Peru

by J. Alden Mason

Book Overview

Inca gold no longer lures the conqueror - but the Quechua Indian still guides his llamas through the narrow-walled Inca streets of Cuzco, and the lost civilizations of Peru still call to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140203958
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Mostly background material?

In 1957 this was a going thing? But a lot has been dug up on the civilizations involved including aerial photography of Nazca desert figures. The glossary of Spanish and Quechua words is very useful as is the history of the different surviving sites. He says that there is evidence of pre-Clovis people in South America well before it was accepted by the mainstream. The oceanic route to the new world seemed only remotely possible at the time, but seems to have gained a lot in even the last five years. The Inca were a bronze age culture and if the Spanish hadn't arrived, might in the near future have clashed with the Aztecs? I'm glad to have this book for reference.