Pre-Columbian Era

In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the...

First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816548699Author Marta P Alfonso-DurrutyFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams)...

Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected...

Explore the spiritual practices, legends, and traditions of various Indigenous tribes throughout the North American continent. The Indigenous peoples of North America have followed a wide variety of spiritual traditions, many of which have been carried...

In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the...

Sugar Skulls will immerse you in the celebrations surrounding Día de Muertos, mixing fun facts and crafts, plus scratch-art pages of beautiful scenes and fold-out art to personaliseBook InformationISBN 9781837714704Author Igloo BooksFormat PaperbackPage...

Imagine that all the great discoveries of Ancient Egypt had happened in the last few years...and you will have some conception of the great excitement over recent finds in PeruPeru wears its ancient cultures wrapped around in layers, like one of the...

A new and fascinating perspective on the earliest phases of European exploration across the Atlantic Ocean The first landings in the Atlantic World generated striking and terrifying impressions of unknown peoples who were entirely foreign to anything...

Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a symbolic level a city of elements. With a multiethnic population of perhaps one...

A fascinating history of the Maya - drawing on a wealth of recent archaeological discoveries - whose civilisation in the jungles of Central America was for almost a thousand years hidden from the world.Over the last two centuries explorers have made the...

In 1911, a young Peruvian boy led an American explorer and Yale historian named Hiram Bingham into the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Hidden amidst the breathtaking heights of the Andes, this settlement of temples, tombs and palaces was the...

One of the most fascinating books on pre-Columbian and early colonial Peru was written by a Peruvian Indian named Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala. This book, The First New Chronicle and Good Government, covers pre-Inca times, various aspects of Inca culture,...

The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a...

Western philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason and that the path to a good human life is also the path to a happy one. But what if these claims prove false or at least deeply misleading? The...

Since its violent dissolution in 1521, the Aztec Empire of Mexico has continually intrigued us. Recent discoveries resulting from the excavation of the Templo Mayor in the heart of Mexico City have taught us even more about this fascinating culture. The...

Collection, colonialism, translation, and the ephemera that shapes the stories we tell about ourselves.Featuring new original works by: Yasnaya Elena Aguilar, Cristina Rivera Garza, Joseph Zarate, Juan Cardenas, Velia Vidal, Lina Meruane, Gabriela...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780517888513Author William SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 652gDimensions(mm)...

An excellent resource, Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology introduces readers to the mythology of Mexico and Central America. Its chief focus is on Mexican Highland and Maya areas, as they were, and are, of utmost importance to Mesoamerican history. An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633310858Author Arkan LushwalaFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Disruption BooksPublisher Disruption BooksWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture...

The Incas is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest civilizations ever seen. Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, this thoroughly updated new edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies conducted over...

2023 Book Award, Society for American Archaeology A dramatic reappraisal of the Inka Empire through the lens of Qullasuyu. The Inka conquered an immense area extending across five modern nations, yet most English-language publications on the Inka focus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671511043Author Hugh ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 832Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1150g

In 1536, only fifteen years after the fall of the Aztec empire, Franciscan missionaries began teaching Latin, classical rhetoric, and Aristotelian philosophy to native youths in central Mexico. The remarkable linguistic and cultural exchanges that would...

In the centuries that preceded the European conquest in 1521, the central-northern region of the state of Michoacan, West Mexico, was a place of significant socio-political changes materialized by important transformations of settlement pattern and...

Enemy - Stranger - Neighbour: The Image of the Other in Moche Culture is dedicated to artistic renderings of the Recuay people in Moche art, in all available and preserved media. The Moche and the Recuay were the creators of the two main cultures of...

Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact early America existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the...

An in-depth exploration of the history, authentication, and modern relevance of Codice Maya de Mexico, the oldest surviving book of the Americas. Ancient Maya scribes recorded prophecies and astronomical observations on the pages of painted books...

It is now generally accepted the Leif Eriksson sailed from Greenland across the Davis Strait and made landfalls on the North American continent almost a thousand years ago, but what happened in this vast area during the next five hundred years has long...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977808557Author William, J FedererFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Amerisearch IncPublisher Amerisearch IncWeight(grams) 355gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The penultimate ruler of the Inca dynasty narrated this first-hand account of the Spanish invasion of Peru to a Spanish missionary in 1570; available in English for the first time. Takes a critical look at how the Incan society challenged the Spanish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024675Author Kenneth G. HirthFormat HardbackPage Count 540Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798223177128Author T R WavenFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Sas155Publisher Sas155Weight(grams) 159g

A work of both consensus and innovation based upon extensive archaeological research, Ancient Tollan: Tula and the Toltec Heartland studies Mesoamerica's problem city—Tula, or Tollan, seat of the Toltec state. Along with Teotihuancan and Tenochtitlán,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357937467Author Richard Harding DavisPage Count 124Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Pots, Pans, and People explores material culture and human adaptations to nature over time. Material culture refers to the artifacts, tools, instruments, and other objects that people use to adapt to their environment —in this case, primarily ceramics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357953351Author Almira Stillwell ColePage Count 26Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839384967Author A J KingstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Pastor Publishing LtdPublisher Pastor Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 404g

The Indigenous nations of the valley of the Rio Grande that is now centred upon Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas--the La Junta valley in colonial times—had a long and unique history with Hispanics during the colonial period.Their valley was the...