ANTH copy 39088019656784 gift from Paul R. Julian. Introduction -- Discovering the Incas and their predecessors -- Native and Spanish sources -- Explorers and the first archaeologists -- 20th-century ...

Mesoamerican origins -- Maya agriculture -- Maya society -- Maya religion -- A Mayan temple -- Maya calendar and writing system -- Daily life aamong the Mayas -- Rise of the Aztecs -- Daily life in an ...

The Inca Empire ruled millions without a written language — at least not in the sense that we typically think of one, such as an alphabet or syllabary. Instead, they used khipus — bundles of colored, ...