Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
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Editor: Richard L. BurgerEditor: Lucy C. Salazar
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-19
ISBN: 0300136455
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: Fantastic catalogue, average main text
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a must for anyone specifically interested in the detail of Incan culture, but perhaps is not for those wanting a more general guide to Machu Picchu itself.
I found the main text of interest from an academic point of view but not especially earth shattering. The photographs of the site were fairly average, though those reproduced from Binghams early investigations were of interest from an historical point of view to see how much restoration had taken place - in many cases suprisingly little.
It is certainly not a guide book to the site.
Those wanting a well illustrated guide book to Machu Picchu would be better directed buying 'The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-Guided Tour by Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra, and Alfredo Valencia Zegarra' or reading the appropriate chapter in John Hemmings 'Monuments of the Inca'.
Where this volume really does come into its own in my opinion is in its catalogue. This is largely of artifacts collected by the Bingham expeditions to Machu Picchu, supplemented by other pieces from other sites. The photography is excellent, as are the descriptions. Together they provide the reader with a rich appreciation of Incan world, especially that at Machu Picchu. It is very rare to find such a focused study of Incan material so this volume is a very valuable and unusual addition, to anyone seriously interested in the Inca for that reason alone it is a 'must-buy'.
Regards, Dave Essery www.ancientdave.com
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