Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Great Courses (2012), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 197 pages
Description
Presents 24 30-minute lectures discussing notable expeditions of exploration from premodern times to today, including the explorers who led them and these missions' varied and complex motivations.
Language
Original language
English
Local notes
[1] South America's Lost Cradle of Civilization [2] Discovering Peru’s Earliest Cities [3] South America’s First People [4] Ceramics, Textiles, and Organized States [5] Chav'n and the Rise of Religious Authority [6] Cupisnique to Salinar: Elite Rulers and War [7] Paracas: Mummies, Shamans, and Severed Heads [8] Nazca Lines and Underground Channels [9] Moche: Pyramids, Gold, and Warriors [10] Moche: Richest Tombs in the New World [11] Moche: Drugs, Sex, Music, and Puppies [12] Enigmatic Tiwanaku by Lake Titicaca [13] Amazon: Civilization Lost in the Jungle [14] Wari: Foundations of the Inca Empire? [15] Chimú: Empire of the Northern Coast [16] Sican: Goldsmiths of the Northern Coast [17] Inca Origins: Mythology v. Archaeology [18] Cuzco and the Tawantinsuyu Empire [19] Inca: From Raiders to Empire [20] Inca: Gifts of the Empire [21] Khipu: Language Hidden in Knots [22] Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley [23] Spanish Contact: Pizarro Conquers the Inca [24] Remnants of the Past: Andean Culture Today