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  | | Signs of the Inka Khipu(1st Edition) Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Gary Urton Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-78540-3, ISBN: 0-292-78540-2 "In an age when computers process immense amounts of information by the manipulation of sequences of 1s and 0s, it remains a frustrating mystery how prehistoric Inka recordkeepers encoded a tremendous variety and quantity of data using only knotted and dyed strings. Yet the comparison between computers and khipu may hold an important clue to deciphering the Inka records. In this book, Gary Urton sets forth a pathbreaking theory that the ..." |
 | | Inca Myths(1st Edition) (Legendary Past Series) by Gary Urton Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-78532-8, ISBN: 0-292-78532-1 "Inca Myths begins with an introduction to the land and people of the Andes and reviews the sources of our current knowledge of Inca mythology. Gary Urton then recounts various creation myths, including a selection from various ethnic groups and regions around the empire. Finally, he draws upon his extensive knowledge of the history and ethnography of the Incas to illuminate the nature and relationships of myth and history. The contents ..." |
 | | The History of a Myth(1st Edition) Pacariqtambo and the Origin of the Inkas by Gary Urton, Primitivo Nina Llanos Hardcover, 172 Pages, Published 1990 by Univ Of Texas Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-292-73051-9, ISBN: 0-292-73051-9 |
 | | The History of a Myth(1st Edition) Pacariqtambo and the Origin of the Inkas by Gary Urton Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-73057-1, ISBN: 0-292-73057-8 "In the year 1572, the Spanish chronicler Sarmiento de Gamboa completed one of the earliest official versions of the history of the Inka empire. In his account, he stated that the ancestors of the Inkas originated from a cave at a place to the south of the imperial city of Cuzco called Pacariqtambo. The History of a Myth explores how and why this version of the origin myth (there were others) came to form the basis of an official history ..." |
 | | The Construction of Value in the Ancient World(Updated) (Cotsen Advanced Seminars) by John K. Papadopoulos, Gary Urton Hardcover, 664 Pages, Published 2012 by The Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-90-1, ISBN: 1-931745-90-0 "Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was c ..." |
 | | Their Way of Writing Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) by Elizabeth Hill Boone, Gary Urton, Reymundo Chapa, Carrie J. Brezine, Federico Navarrete, Margaret A. Jackson, Michel R. Oudijk, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Michael D. Coe, Frank Salomon, Javier Urcid, Tom Cummins, Víctor Falcón Huayta, Stephen D. Houston, Karl A. Taube, R. Tom Zuidema, Michel R. Salomon Hardcover, 422 Pages, Published 2011 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Illustrated, Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-368-5, ISBN: 0-88402-368-0 "Writing and recording are key cultural activities that allow humans to communicate across time and space. Whereas Old World writing evolved into the alphabetic system that is now employed around the world, the indigenous peoples in the Americas autonomously developed alternative systems that conveyed knowledge in a tangible medium. New World systems range from the hieroglyphic script of the Maya, to the figural and iconic pictographies ..." |
 | | At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky(1st Edition) An Andean Cosmology (Latin American Monographs) by Gary Urton Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 1981 by Univ Of Texas Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70349-0, ISBN: 0-292-70349-X "Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith. This mirror-image quadri-partition of terrestrial and celestial spheres is such that a point within one of the quarters of the earth is related to a point within the corresponding celestial quarter. The transition between the earth and the sky occurs at the horizon, where sacred mountains are related to topographic ..." |
 | | Skywatching in the Ancient World New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy Studies in Honor of Anthony F. Aveni (Mesoamerican Worlds Series) (Mesoamerican Worlds: From the Olmecs to the Danzantes) by Clive Ruggles, Gary Urton, Anthony F. Aveni Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2007 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-0-87081-887-5, ISBN: 0-87081-887-2 "Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, Skywatching in the Ancient World offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions. This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own. The diverse topics addressed by the contri ..." |
 | | Narrative Threads(1st Edition) Accounting and Recounting in Andean Khipu (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) by Jeffrey Quilter, Gary Urton, Gary Dwayne Urton Hardcover, 391 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-76903-8, ISBN: 0-292-76903-2 "The Inka Empire stretched over much of the length and breadth of the South American Andes, encompassed elaborately planned cities linked by a complex network of roads and messengers, and created astonishing works of architecture and artistry and a compelling mythology--all without the aid of a graphic writing system. Instead, the Inkas' records consisted of devices made of knotted and dyed strings--called khipu--on which they recorded i ..." |
 | | Animal Myths and Metaphors in South America(1st Edition) by Gary Urton Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1985 by University Of Utah Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87480-205-4, ISBN: 0-87480-205-9 "What similarities and differences do humans see between themselves and animals? Why do people commonly make metaphorical comparisons between human beings or social groups and animals, and to what degree are people s attitudes and beliefs about animals parallel to or contingent upon their attitudes and beliefs about human beings and human society? This collection of articles considers these issues. The issues are basic in any study of "t ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of the Incas by Gary Urton, Adriana Von Hagen, Urton/Von Hagen Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 2015 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-2362-5, ISBN: 0-7591-2362-4 "The Inca Empire existed for fewer than 100 years, yet ruled more subjects than either the Aztecs or the Maya and occupied a territory stretching nearly 3000 miles. The Incas left no system of writing; what we know of them has been gleaned from the archaeological record and accounts written following the Spanish invasion. In this A-to-Z encyclopedia, Gary Urton and Adriana von Hagen, together with over thirty contributors, provide a broa ..." |
 | | The Development of the Inca State(1st Edition) by Brian S. Bauer, Gary Urton, Urton Gary Paperback, 203 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70848-8, ISBN: 0-292-70848-3 "The Inca empire was the largest state in the Americas at the time of the Spanish invasion in 1532. From its political center in the Cuzco Valley, it controlled much of the area included in the modern nations of Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. But how the Inca state became a major pan-Andean power is less certain. In this innovative work, Brian S. Bauer challenges traditional views of Inca state development and offers a new interpreta ..." |
 | | Inca Myths(1st Edition) (The Legendary Past) by Gary Urton Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1999 by British Museum Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-1791-1, ISBN: 0-7141-1791-9 "Urton reviews the sources of our current knowledge of Inca mythology and recounts various creation myths, including a selection from various ethnic groups and regions around the Inca empire. He also looks at the history and ethnography of the Incas to illuminate the nature and relationships of myth and history." |
 | | At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky(Reprint) An Andean Cosmology (LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series) by Gary Urton Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70404-6, ISBN: 0-292-70404-6 "Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith. This mirror-image quadri-partition of terrestrial and celestial spheres is such that a point within one of the quarters of the earth is related to a point within the corresponding celestial quarter. The transition between the earth and the sky occurs at the horizon, where sacred mountains are related to topographic ..." |
 | | Skywatching in the Ancient World(Reprint) New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy (Mesoamerican Worlds) by Gary Urton, Clive Ruggles Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2010 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-077-7, ISBN: 1-60732-077-0 "Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, "Skywatching in the Ancient World" offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions.This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own. The diverse topics addressed by the contrib ..." |
 | | Inka History in Knots Reading Khipus as Primary Sources by Gary Urton Paperback, 319 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-1199-8, ISBN: 1-4773-1199-8 "Winner, PROSE Award, Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, & Archaeology, Association of American Publishers (AAP), 2018Inka khipus—spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors—constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insight into the worldview of the Inka—a view ..." |
 | | Inka History in Knots Reading Khipus as Primary Sources (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art Culture) by Gary Urton Hardcover, 319 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-1198-1, ISBN: 1-4773-1198-X "Winner, PROSE Award, Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, & Archaeology, Association of American Publishers (AAP), 2018Inka khipus—spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors—constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insight into the worldview of the Inka—a view ..." |
 | | Signs of the Inka Khipu(1st Edition) Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Gary Urton Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-78539-7, ISBN: 0-292-78539-9 |
 | | The Social Life of Numbers(1st Edition) A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy of Arithmetic by Gary Urton, Primitivo Nina Llanos Hardcover, 285 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-78533-5, ISBN: 0-292-78533-X |
 | | At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky An Andean Cosmology by Gary Urton Published 1994 ISBN-13: 978-0-7837-7700-9, ISBN: 0-7837-7700-0 |
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