The ceque system of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire, was perhaps the most complex indigenous ritual system in the pre-Columbian Americas. From a c

"The Oxford Handbook of the Incas aims to be the first comprehensive book on the Inca, the largest empire in the pre-Columbian world. Using archaeology, ethnohi

Inka khipus--spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors--constitute the only available primary sources on the I

A description of the spatial organization, social classes, mythology, and calendar of Inca society in Cuzco.