Pre-Inca Civilizations - Video

Pre-Columbian is used especially often in the context of the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya) and the Andes (Inca, Moche, Chibcha, Cañaris).
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Pre-Inca Civilizations

Maps and News: Jorge Chavez International Airport

Explore Lima, Peru through detailed Google satellite imagery.

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Killke Culture: Pre-Inca remains represent 40% of Machu Picchu

Killke Culture, Pre-Inca remains represent 40 percent of Machu Picchu Archaeological Park (Cusco), which hosts the well-known Inca citadel. The Killke culture, which developed between 1,000 and 1,400 A.C, belonged to the regional states of Cusco, presumably conquered by the Incas.

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Killke Culture in Machu Picchu

Killke Pottery, Interactive Mind Map

Killke and Killke-Related Pottery from Cuzco, Peru, in the Field Museum of Natural History by Brian S. Bauer and Charles Stanish.

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The Quipu Database Project, Interactive Mind Map

Quipus or khipus were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. Khipu is the word for "knot" in Cusco Quechua, the native Inca language.

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Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun)

The Inti Raymi ("Festival of the Sun") was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti.
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Huaca Rajada-Sipan: New secrets revealed at ancient site

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The Quipus Index

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipus by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1609

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipus by Guaman Poma, 1615

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipus, Recording Device

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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Caral: the Oldest Quipu

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipus of Puruchuco

These quipus were excavated at the site of Puruchuco, Peru, near Lima, in 1956.

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The Quipus and Hiram Bingham

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipu - Video

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipucamayocs, the accountants of the Inca Empire.

Quipucamayocs, the accountants of the Inca Empire created and deciphered the quipu knots.

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Royal commentaries of the Incas, Index

The Royal Commentaries contained two parts: the first about Inca life, and the second about the Spanish conquest of Peru, published in 1617.

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Index
Book I - Mind Map
Book II - Mind Map
Book III - Mind Map
Book IV - Mind Map
Book V - Mind Map
Book VI - Mind Map
Book VII - Mind Map
Book VIII - Mind Map
Book IX - Mind Map

Royal commentaries of the Incas by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Word Cloud

The Royal Commentaries contained two parts: the first about Inca life, and the second about the Spanish conquest of Peru, published in 1617.

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Royal commentaries of the Incas