This book investigates the Inka carved outcrops in the Andean highlands in the context of pan-Andean stone cults which predated the Inka and continue to be practiced in modified forms to the present day.

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Dedication List of Figures Introduction: Background, Purpose, Methodologies, and Findings, Source Materials Chapter 1: Formal and Structural Analysis of Inka Carved Rocks Carving Techniques Pre-Inka Roots of Stone Carving and Rock Art The Formal Elements of Inka Carved Rocks: Structural Features Associated with Carved Rocks Chapter 2: Carved Rocks on the Cusco Zeq'e Lines Groundwork Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks - Appearance, Experience, and Perception Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks - Essence, Imagination, and Stone Ideology Summary Chapter 3: The Birthplace of the Sun, Moon and the Inka Ancestors on the Island of the Sun and the Southern Basin of Lake Titicaca Groundwork Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks - Appearance, Experience, and Perception Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks -Essence, Imagination, and Stone Ideology Chapter 4: Inka Pacariqtambo - A Landscape of Power Relations through Time Groundwork Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks -Appearance, Essence, and Perception Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks -Essence, Imagination, and Stone Ideology Chapter 5: Machu Picchu Royal Estates Machu Picchu Groundwork Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks - Appearance, Experience, and Perception Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks - Essence, Imagination, and Stone Ideology Conclusions Chapter 6: Chinchero Groundwork Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks -Appearance, Experience, and Perception Inka Landscape and Carved Rocks -Essence, Imagination, and Stone Ideology Conclusions Chapter 7: Discussion and Conclusions Major Results of this Investigation Relations with Stony Places Constructed in the Contemporary National and Global Worlds Conclusions Afterword References