Treasures of The Incas: The Glories of Inca and Pre-Columbian South America

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Treasures of the Incas presents a vivid and richly illustrated portrait of the rise and fall of the various coastal and mountain peoples of the region, and the magnificent design and craftsmanship they have bequeathed to posterity.

Despite the destruction wrought by European colonizers greedy for the native treasure, enough artifacts have survived to testify to the Andean peoples’ great skill and imaginative sophistication—from exquisitely detailed textiles and ceramics, to monumental architecture and intricate metalwork. In particular the gold and silver artistry of the pre-Columbian Ades are outstanding.

A popular hymn of the Incas declared that “The ...

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Overview

Treasures of the Incas presents a vivid and richly illustrated portrait of the rise and fall of the various coastal and mountain peoples of the region, and the magnificent design and craftsmanship they have bequeathed to posterity.

Despite the destruction wrought by European colonizers greedy for the native treasure, enough artifacts have survived to testify to the Andean peoples’ great skill and imaginative sophistication—from exquisitely detailed textiles and ceramics, to monumental architecture and intricate metalwork. In particular the gold and silver artistry of the pre-Columbian Ades are outstanding.

A popular hymn of the Incas declared that “The sun rains gold, the moon rains silver”—reflecting South American belief in a powerful body of elemental myths on which the art provides a dramatic visual commentary.

Tracing such connections between symbolism and belief, art and myth, Treasures of the Incas sets the riches of South America in their historical and regional context and restores an important missing piece of the jigsaw of the world’s greatest civilizations.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781435127234
  • Publisher: Sterling
  • Publication date: 2/19/2011
  • Pages: 224
  • Product dimensions: 7.50 (w) x 9.60 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Jeffrey Quilter is Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. He is a former Director of Pre-Columbian Studies and Curator of the Pre-Columbian Collection at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. He is also a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association. He has written, contributed to, and edited a number of books, including his own Cobble Circles and Standing Stones: Archaeology at the Rivas Site, Costa Rica (2004) and (as co-editor) Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia (2003). He has also produced numerous scholarly papers which have contributed to our knowledge of Andean civilizations. Currently his projects include field research at the El Brujo ceremonial complex in Peru, partly funded by the National Geographic Society.

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