Inca : origins and mysteries of the civilisation of gold /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Inca, origine e misteri delle civiltà dell'oro.
Other Authors:	Carcedo de Mufarech, Paloma
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Italy] : Marsilio, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Inca art > Peru > Exhibitions. Inca goldwork > Peru > Exhibitions. Goldwork > Peru > Exhibitions. Inca metal-work > Peru > Exhibitions. Indian goldwork > Peru > Exhibitions. Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities > Exhibitions. Peru > Antiquities > Exhibitions.

Table of Contents:

Pre-Columbian Peru : an overview / Carlos Wester La Torre
The ideology and technology of metals in ancient, pre-Incan Peru / María Inés Velarde, Pamela Castro de la Mata
The Inca : human and divine relations with gold / Fernando Rosas Moscoso
Cosmovision models in the Central Andes in the pre-Columbian period / Carlo G. Elera Arévalo
Metal : technology, beauty and feeling in ancient Peruvian culture / Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech
Beverages, music and libations in pre-Columbian rituals : cups as guiding elements / Luisa María Vetter Parodi
Scientific missions of the Museo Prehistorico Etnográfico Luigi Pigorini in the Central Andes / Claudio Cavatruno
Italian anthropological or archaeological missions in Peru : the last few years / Antonio Aimi
Ceremonial and ritual centres in ancient Peru / Giuseppe Orefici
Moche culture and the royal tombs of Sipán / Walter Alva Alva.