indians of south america

Explores some of the historic treasures of the ancient world, featuring visits to the Incan city of Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Mexico City, the ruins of Monte Alban, and other Aztec, Inca, and Zapotec sites.

In Bolivia in 1999, when their father is unjustly arrested and their mother leaves, Francisco, seventeen, and his sister Pilar, eight, must move to the dirty, dehumanizing, and corrupt prison.

English translation of the 1955 French study in which anthropologist L?evi-Strauss records the story of his experiences among the primitive Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib tribes of South America.

A fictionalized account of the five missionaries who carried God's word to the fierce Aucas, or Huaorani, of Ecuador in 1956.

While in Machu Picchu, Peru, with their parents, eight-year-old twins Ethan and Ella cross a secret bridge and discover a mysterious stone sculpture.

Contains thirteen essays in which various authors examine themes in the history of the indigenous peoples of South America, including Caribbean and lower Central American peoples who were linguistically or culturally connected.

Provides an introduction to Andean art and architecture and includes examples and discussions on the art of the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Chimu, and Incan cultures.

Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie recounts his adventures exploring the Mother of God, or, the Madre de Dios, the region of Peru where the Amazon River begins flowing into the lowland Amazon rainforest.

Vilcabamba and Muyok Viejo are two of the most important archaeological sites found in recent years.