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Dynastic structures in Andean cultureessay 1990 • Zuidema, R. Tom (Reiner Tom)
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
For purpose of example, five indigenous Peruvian dynastic genealogies recorded by the Spanish before 1622 are examined, including that of the royal Inka lineage of Cuzco. The myths of Naymlap and of Taycanamo (the traditional first ruler of the Chimu...Inca civilization in CuzcoBook 1990 • Zuidema, R. Tom (Reiner Tom)
Inka • South America > Central Andes
Based on the detailed, if somewhat idealized and interpretative accounts of the sixteenth century Spanish chroniclers in Cuzco who presented data on multiple aspects of Inca civilization, such as the spatial and temporal dimensions of social organiza...