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Documents the Spanish conquest of Peru. Contains historical background, photographs of the ruins,
links, feedback, and postscript.
http://www.incaconquest.com/
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Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An astonishing collection of ancient Peruvian Silver stretching from the first millennium to the
16th century includes over 100 pieces from public and private collections. There are several pages
on Peruvian silver - look carefully for the links to follow.
http://metmuseum.org/special/SilverinAncientPeru/ancient_peru_more.asp
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Pacaritambo, the Machu Picchu Magazine
Magazine dedicated to the study of the ancient Americas, with emphasis on the Inca/Incas
civilization and culture. We also cover the Aztecs, Mayas, Anasazi.
http://www.pacaritambo.com/
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History of the Conquest of Peru
Online version of the William Prescott classic provided by the World Wide School.
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/southamerican/HistoryoftheConquestofPeru/toc.html
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Cuzco
Resource of the Organization of World Heritage Cities. Brief history, urban morphology and links.
http://www.ovpm.org/ville.asp?v=17
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Francisco Pizarro (1475-1541)
Spanish explorer and conqueror who defeated the Inca Empire and claimed most of South America for
Spain.
http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/pizarro.html
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Tupac Amaru: The Life, Times and Execution of the Last Inca
A history of the first forty years of Inca-Spanish contact, from the execution of Atahualpa to the
beheading of Tupac Amaru.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tupac_amaru.html
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Chronicles of the Incas, 1540
A view of the Incan economy from conquistador Pedro de Cieza de Léon, provided by Modern History
Sourcebook.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1540cieza.html
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The Incas
Archive of images and articles (English and Spanish) by Professor Antonio Rafael de la Cova of the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/incas.htm
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Ice Treasures of the Inca
National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/
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Talking Knots of the Inka
Abstract of a paper on the Inka accounting system that used knotted strings called quipus to record
numerical data.
http://www.archaeology.org/9611/abstracts/inka.html
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South American Civilizations: The Moche and Inca
A segment of the Central and South American WWW Research Institute at Richard Stockton College of
New Jersey directed by Elizabeth Rozsa.
http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1fcenso.htm
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Ice Mummies
NOVA Online resource. Archaeological expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of
Sara Sara in Peru.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/
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