Chronicles of the Incas, 1540 - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1540cieza.html
A view of the Incan economy from conquistador Pedro de Cieza de Léon, provided by Modern History Sourcebook. |
Francisco Pizarro (1475-1541) - http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/pizarro.html
Spanish explorer and conqueror who defeated the Inca Empire and claimed most of South America for Spain. |
Ice Mummies - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/
NOVA Online resource. Archaeological expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of Sara Sara in Peru. |
Ice Treasures of the Inca - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/
National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard. |
Pacaritambo, the Machu Picchu Magazine - http://www.pacaritambo.com/
Magazine dedicated to the study of the ancient Americas, with emphasis on the Inca/Incas civilization and culture. We also cover the Aztecs, Mayas, Anasazi. |
Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://metmuseum.org/special/SilverinAncientPeru/ancient_peru_more.asp
An astonishing collection of ancient Peruvian Silver stretching from the first millennium to the 16th century includes over 100 pieces from public and private collections. There are several pages on Peruvian silver - look carefully for the links to follow. |
South American Civilizations: The Moche and Inca - http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1fcenso.htm
A segment of the Central and South American WWW Research Institute at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey directed by Elizabeth Rozsa. |
Talking Knots of the Inka - http://www.archaeology.org/9611/abstracts/inka.html
Abstract of a paper on the Inka accounting system that used knotted strings called quipus to record numerical data. |
Tupac Amaru: The Life, Times and Execution of the Last Inca - http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tupac_amaru.html
A history of the first forty years of Inca-Spanish contact, from the execution of Atahualpa to the beheading of Tupac Amaru. |