Links & Books
Links
Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost World
www.nationalgeographic.com/inca
On this Web site from National Geographic magazine, read an interview with archeologist Guillermo Cock, view an online documentary on the excavation of Inca burial grounds at Puruchuco, Peru, take an interactive look inside an Incan mummy bundle, and much more.
Conquistadors
www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/home.htm
Learn about the Spanish conquistadors and the legacy of their contact with Native Americans.
Civilizations in America
www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM
Washington State University provides this Web resource on the Incas and other ancient civilizations in the Americas. View a photo gallery, browse a time line of South American history, and more.
Bodies of Evidence
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/bodies/bits/forensic01.html
Explore forensic science and its use in archeological investigations around the world.
The Khipu Database Project
khipukamayuq.fas.harvard.edu
On this Harvard University Web site, discover the intricate method of communication and record keeping that the Inca developed using knotted ropes called khipu.
Books
The
Incas
by
Terence D'Altroy. Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
The Last Days
of the Incas
by
Kim MacQuarrie. Simon & Schuster, 2007
The
Conquistador: 1492-1550
by
John Pohl and Adam Hook. Osprey Publishing, 2001.
