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The Art and Architecture of the Incas

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Required readings

· Stone-Miller, Rebecca. Art of the Andes: From Chavín to Inca. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, pp. 180-218.

Important terms

· Timeline of the ancient Andes:

• Early Horizon, ca. 1000-200 BC: Chavín culture
• Early Intermediate, ca. 200 BC-600 AD: Paracas/Nazca culture; Moche civilization
• Middle Horizon, ca. 600-1000 AD: Huari (Wari) culture
• Late Intermediate, ca. 1000-1400 AD: Chimu culture
• Late Horizon, ca. 1400-1532 AD: Inca empire

· Tawantinsuyo: Antisuyu (NE), Chinchaysuyu (NW), Cuntisuyu (SW), Collasuyu (SE)

· Quipu

· Viracocha, Inti, Pachamama

Links to Images

· Cuzco, ca. 1438-1530 AD (in today Peru)

o Coricancha

o Sacsahuaman: general view and detail, ca. 1450-1530 AD

· Machu Picchu, ca. 1450-1530 AD (in today Peru)

o Views of the city

o Observatory

o Tres ventanas complex

o Intihuatana Stone

· Man tunic (Unku), ca. 1500 AD

· Storage jar (Urpu), ca. 1500 AD

· Drinking vessel (kero), ca. 1500 AD

· Votive female figurine, c. 1500

ARTstor images

Additional resources

· Videotape: “Inca: secrets of the ancestors.” Produced, directed & written by Tom Simon. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Video and Television (distributor), 1995 [Media Library VHS 5503].

· Watch National Geographic movie: Mummy Bundles of Puruchuco