First published 1957.
"Our detailed knowledge of the people of pre-Columbian Peru has grown enormously since 1940....Especially is this true of the cultures that preceded the Inca whom Pizarro fond and conquered in one of the great adventures of history. 4,000 years before his day, radiocarbon analyses now permit us to state with confidence, simple fishermen-hunters on the coast were beginning the long climb toward the extraordinary blend of communism and monarchy that was the Inca Empire....
"Our detailed knowledge of the people of pre-Columbian Peru has grown enormously since 1940....Especially is this true of the cultures that preceded the Inca whom Pizarro fond and conquered in one of the great adventures of history. 4,000 years before his day, radiocarbon analyses now permit us to state with confidence, simple fishermen-hunters on the coast were beginning the long climb toward the extraordinary blend of communism and monarchy that was the Inca Empire....
