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Reinhard, Johan The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. Rostworowski de Diez Canseco, Maria. History of the Inca Realm. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Sullivan, L.E. Native Religions and Cultures of Central and South America: Anthropology of the Sacred.
This a category for indigenous groups living in the Andean region, including the Central Andes (Central Highlands, North Coast, Southern Highlands), the Northern Andes, and Southern Andes. Precolumbian Andean cultures are typically categorized in Category:Andean civilizations.
Patagonia (Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) is a geographical region that includes parts of Argentina and Chile at the southern end of South America. The region includes the southern section of the Andes mountain chain with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands, and steppes to the east.
The new laws started to stream line the encomienda system but Aymara numbers continued to fall. Furthermore, the indigenous labour force was redistributed causing forced and permanent displacement to cities, factories or mines. [23] By example, in 1573, the indigenous population of labourers at the Potosí silver mines was 11,000. By 1673, the ...
The dyes used came from many regions of the Andes and are an example of reciprocity, as people from different altitudes traded with one another for different goods. [28] The color red comes from the cochineal bug found on the prickly pear cactus. [30] The cochineal was ground up with mortar and pestle to create a red pigment. [30]
This is a category of individual Indigenous people from the Andean region, including the Pacific lowlands. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In the 16th century, Spanish colonisers from Europe arrived in the Andes, eventually subjugating the indigenous kingdoms and incorporating the Andean region into the Spanish Empire. In the 19th century, a rising tide of anti-imperialist nationalism that was sweeping all of South America led rebel armies to overthrow Spanish rule.
Indigenous peoples in Colombia. In South America, Indigenous peoples comprise the Pre-Columbian peoples and their descendants, as contrasted with people of European ancestry and those of African descent. In Spanish, indigenous peoples are referred to as pueblos indígenas (lit. ' indigenous peoples '), or pueblos nativos (lit. ' native peoples ').