The Incas and their Ancestors

This revised edition is published nine years after the original edition. The archaeological bibliography, which is extensive, reveals from the dates of references alone how much new information and how many new ideas have come to light from archaeological research over this period. This information is well integrated into the book. An indication of how rapidly things can change comes from the author’s comments in the Epilogue when he records how when writing the first edition of the book “Terrorism made many great ruins unsafe to visit” – this was the period of the worst excesses of the Shining Path...