Indians of the Andes: Aymaras and Quechuas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138862005)

This book traces the history and ecology of the Aymaras and the Quechuas: the highland peoples of the Central Andes, who formed the nucleus of the great Inca Empire which extended for two thousand miles along the Pacific coast to the fringes of the tropical interior. In twenty millennia the Indians of the Andes had had no cultural contacts with the Old World yet they had already passed independently through stages of development usually associated with the Neolithic Age and had achieved a degree of technical and artistic excellence. In four centuries of contact there has of course been appreciable acculturation and osmosis.
Originally published in 1952.

Author: Harold Osborne
ISBN-10: 1138862002
ISBN-13: 9781138862005
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2015
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d