Lost Civilizations of the Andes

inca, pre-inca, andean civilizations, Francisco Pizarro, Atahualpa, Manco Capac, Cuzco, Cusco, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman, Tambo Machay, Urubamba river, Chinchero, agriculural terraces, Hiram Bingham, Moray, quipu, tocapus, Coricancha, Virococha, Poseidonis, Norte Chico, Caral-Supe, Caral, Supe Valley, Aspero, El Paraiso, Sechin Alto, Sechin Bajo, Chavin culture, Chavin de Huantar, Moche, Huaca del Sol, Lord of Sipan, Chimu, La Cumbre canal, Paracas, Candelabra, Nazca, Nasca, Nazca lines, Cahuachi, puquios, Pachacamac, Wari, Huari, Tiwanaku, Tiahuanaco, Chachapoyas, Utcubamba, Kuelap, Great Zimbabwe, Marcahuasi, Markawasi, Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, transoceanic contacts, transatlantic contacts, transpacific contacts, culural diffusion, trepanation, ceques, Cro-Magnon, Pachacuti, geoglyphs, Maria Reiche, Erich von Daniken, Jean-Pierre Protzen, polygonal masonry, cyclopean masonry, megalithic architecture, Kachiqhata, Rumiqolqa, Garcilaso de la Vega, amautas, Osireion temple, stone softening, Hiram Bingham, Percy Fawcett, Aukanaw, Jorge A. Lira, Joseph Davidovits, David Hatcher Childress, H.P. Blavatsky, Carlos Fernandez-Baca Tupayachi, Muyu Marca, Rodadero, Qenko, Udayagiri, Khandagiri, Yonaguni, wall of the six monoliths, Machu Picchu, Raqchi, Sillustani, chullpas, Cutimbo, Cieza de Leon, Petronio Jaramillo, Alan Kolata, Akapana, Kalasasaya, Puma Punku, Bennett stela, Ponce stela, gateway of the sun, staff god, Arthur Posnansky, I-shaped clamps, toxodon, Graham Hancock, W.R. Corliss



Contents

Part 1
1. The Incas
2. Pre-Inca cultures
3. Transoceanic contacts
4. The Nazca lines

Part 2
5. ‘Inca’ stonemasonry
6. ‘Inca’ sites
7. Tiwanaku