Vilcabamba and the Archaeology of Inca Resistance (Monographs Book 81)

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The sites of Vitcos and Espíritu Pampa are two of a very powerful Inca cities throughout the remote Vilcabamba region of Peru.  The province has gained notoriety among historians, archaeologists and other students of the Inca, since it used to be from here that the last independent Incas waged a nearly forty year-long war (AD 1536–1572) against Spanish keep watch over of the Andes.  Building on three years of excavation and two years of archival work, the authors discuss the events that took place on this area, speaking to the complex relationships that existed between the Europeans and Andeans right through the decades that Vilcabamba used to be the final stronghold of the Inca empire.  This has long been an issue of interest for the public; the result of the first large scale, scientific research conducted in the region will probably be illuminating for scholars in addition to for general readers who are enthusiasts of this period of history and archaeology.

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