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Genre/Form: | fuentes |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernabé Cobo, (S.I.); Roland Carter Hamilton; John Howland Rowe |
ISBN: | 0292738617 9780292738614 |
OCLC Number: | 851340434 |
Description: | XXIII, 279 p. : 3 mapas ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Foreword by John Howland RoweIntroduction: Father Cobo and the IncasA Note on the TranslationMeasurementsBook I: ReligionPaganism of lnca ReligionOrigin FablesAfterlifeViracocha the CreatorSun WorshipMoon and Star DeitiesWorship of the Thunder, the Sea, and the EarthPururauca DeitiesGuauque IdolsIdolatry of the DeceasedOther DeitiesTemple of the Sun at CuzcoChinchaysayu RoadAntisuyu RoadCollasayu RoadCuntisayu RoadTemple of PachacamaTemple of CopacabanaTemple of TiaguanacoTemple of ApurimaSacrificesAddlitional SacrificesActs of Worship and PrayersSinsRaymi FestivalFestivals of the Second MonthFestivals of the Third, Fifth, and Sixth MonthsFestivals of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth MonthsFestivals of the Tenth MonthFestivals of the Eleventh and Twelfth MonthsItu FestivalCoronation of the IncaFunctions of the PriestsSortilegosCuringDivinersCloistered WomenOmens and SuperstitionsBook II: CustomsQuichua and AymaraGarmentsTowns and HousesHome FurnishingsFood and DrinkEducationMarriage Agriculture Warfare MedicineWeaving Building and Stone WorkBridgesBoatsSilverwork and MetallurgyHuntingGames and MusicTombsBurialNotesGlossaryIndexIndexes for the Shrines of Cuzco |
Responsibility: | by Bernabe Cobo ; translated and edited by Roland Hamilton ; foreword by John Howland Rowe. |
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"While Cobo's Historia is not a pristine account, it is hard to imagine what our knowledge of Andean societies would be without it. Four hundred years after Cobo landed in Lima, Roland Hamilton should be congratulated on his translations of the Historia del Nuevo Mundo, which remains a monument to the breadth of vision and intellectual energy of its author." * American Antiquity * Read more...
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