Ancient Cuzco

Brian S. Bauer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author or coauthor of four previous books on the Inca.

"This book is a major, up-to-date synthesis of a large mass of empirical archaeological information, much of it collected during the past ten-to-fifteen years by Bauer and his associates. It also presents a full synthesis of historic and ethno historic sources bearing upon Cuzco and its inhabitants, including many previously unpublished photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that add greatly to the book's overall importance and appeal." Jeffrey R. Parsons, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Latin American Archaeology, University of Michigan

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction to the Inca The Cuzco Valley at the Time of the Inca Empire: A Brief OverviewThe Cuzco Valley and Its Natural ResourcesOverview of Cuzco Archaeological ResearchThe Cuzco Valley Archaeological ProjectThe Cuzco ChronologyChapter 2. The Inca Heartland The Social Hierarchy of the Cuzco RegionSummary and DiscussionChapter 3. Human Impact and Environmental History of the Cuzco Region (Alex Chepstow-Lusty, Brian S. Bauer, and Michael Frogley) Ice CoresLake-Sediment CoresThe Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: 10,000-2000 BCThe Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: 2000 BC-AD 100The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: AD 100-1100The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact: AD 1100-1490The Cuzco Environment and Human Impact during the Little Ice Age: AD 1490-1880Summary and DiscussionChapter 4. The Archaic Period and the First People of the Cuzco Valley (9500-2200 BC) (Brian Bauer, Bradford Jones, and Cindy Klink) The Cuzco Archaic PeriodSummary and DiscussionChapter 5. The Formative Period and the Emergence of Ranked Societies (2200 BC-AD 200) The Early Formative Phase (2200-1500 BC) and the Beginnings of Ceramic ProductionThe Middle Formative Phase and the Establishment of Autochthonous Village Leadership (ca. 1500-500 BC)The Late Formative Phase and the Development of a Valley-wide Chiefdom (500 BC-AD 200)The Late Formative Phase in the Cuzco ValleySummary and DiscussionChapter 6. The Qotakalli Period: Time of Regional Development (AD 200-600) Previous Research on the Qotakalli PeriodAltiplano Influence in the Cuzco Region during the Qotakalli PeriodThe Cuzco Valley during the Qotakalli PeriodThe Distribution of Qotakalli Ceramics beyond the Cuzco ValleySummary and DiscussionChapter 7. The Wari Period (AD 600-1000) in the Cuzco Region Indicators of Wari InfluenceThe Development and Expansion of the Wari EmpireThe Site of PikillactaThe Wari in the Cuzco RegionDating the Period of Wari Influence in the Cuzco RegionSummary and DiscussionChapter 8. The Development of the Inca State (AD 1000-1400) (Brian S. Bauer and R. Alan Covey) Previous Research on the Development of the Inca HeartlandArchaeological Surveys in the Inca HeartlandCeramic Styles of the Killke PeriodOther Killke-Related Styles in the Cuzco RegionState Formation in the Cuzco BasinThe Region South of the Cuzco ValleyThe Region West and Northwest of the Cuzco ValleyThe Region North of the Cuzco ValleyThe Region East and Southeast of the Cuzco ValleyInca State Formation and Imperial Administrative StrategiesSummary and DiscussionChapter 9. The Cuzco Valley during Imperial Inca Rule Identifying Inca SitesDistribution of Inca Sites in the Cuzco ValleyStorage Facilities in Cuzco and the ValleyThe Site of SacsayhuamanSummary and DiscussionChapter 10. Inca Cuzco Important DocumentsThe Arrival of the First Europeans in CuzcoThe Fall of Inca Cuzco (1533-1536)The Plazas of Central CuzcoThe Casana CompoundThe Coracora CompoundEast Side of the PlazaThe Amarucancha CompoundThe Sondorhuasi TowerThe Acllahuasi CompoundThe Hatuncancha CompoundThe Pucamarca CompoundCusicanchaOther Important Buildings in CuzcoSummary and DiscussionChapter 11. The Coricancha Atahualpa's Ransom and the Gold of the Coricancha (1533-1534)Other Early Descriptions of the CoricanchaThe Coricancha and Inca AstronomyThe Coricancha as the Center of the EmpireThe Coricancha and the Shrines of the Cuzco Ceque SystemSummary and DiscussionChapter 12. The Mummies of the Royal Inca Polo de Ondegardo and the Inca MummiesAncestor Worship in the AndesThe Royal Panacas of CuzcoCare for the MummiesRepresentations of the Inca Kings and Their Huauques and BultosDiscovery and Destruction of the Royal Inca MummiesPolo de Ondegardo, Viceroy Hurtado de Mendoza, and the Fate of the Inca MummiesSummary and DiscussionChapter 13. Overview of the Inca HeartlandAppendix. Radiocarbon Dates from the Cuzco RegionNotesBibliographyIndex