Machu Picchu in Context Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Human Past
This book aims at integrating archaeology with science in order to provide additional information with respect to a traditional archaeological anthropological perspective. It sheds light on Incan culture, the relation between human frequentation and environmental changes, the Incan architecture in r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Context
- Chapter 1. Machu Picchu Physiographic and Environmental Settings
- Chapter 2. Geological Setting and Geomorphological Hazards in Machu Picchu Area
- Chapter 3. Machu Picchu in the Context of the Expansion of the Inca State: Between Historical and Radiocarbon Chronologies
- Chapter 4. Machu Picchu in Context: The Inca Building Culture
- Chapter 5. Astronomical Observations at Machu Picchu: Facts, Hypothesis and Wishful Thinking
- Part 2: Prospecting Machu Picchu and Urubamba valley: New Results from Earth Observations Sciences and Technologies
- Chapter 6. Open Big Earth Observation Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Study and Preservation of UNESCO Natural and Cultural Heritage: The Case of Machu Picchu
- Chapter 7. New Results from Archaeogeophysical Investigations in Machu Picchu
- Chapter 8. Possibilities of Using LiDAR Systems in Architectural and Archaeological Research in the National Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu
- Chapter 9. Ina Search for Standards in Inca Measuring System
- Chapter 10. Investigation at the Chachabamba Archaeological Monument
- Part 3: New results from Archaeological and Historical Investigations
- Chapter 11. Machu Picchu: Interdisciplinary Researches
- Chapter 12. The Phaqcha from Chachabamba
- Chapter 13. High Mountain Underwater Archaeology: Research in the Lakes at the Foot of Salkantay Mountain
- Chapter 14. Inca Road System within Machupicchu National Archaeological Park
- Chapter 15. Quillcas in the Historic Sanctuary-National Archaeological Park of Machupicchu, a New Line of Evidence for the Earliest Occupancy of the Lower Vilcanota Basin
- Chapter 16. Ethnohistorical Documents of Machu Picchu National Archaeological Park
- Chapter 17. Proof of Concept Chemical Studies of the Biodeterioration of Ancient Structures in Machu Picchu
- Chapter 18. In a Search for Inca Construction Process Logistics: Case Studies of Four Structures from the Llaqta Machu Picchu