"Course no. 3120."

Course guidebook includes professor biography, course scope, lecture outlines and notes, and bibliography (p. 180-189).

disc 1. South America's lost cradle of civilization ; Discovering Peru's earliest cities ; South America's first people ; Ceramics, textiles, and organized states ; Chavín and the rise of religious authority ; Cupisnique to Salinar: elite rulers and war -- disc 2. Paracas: mummies, shamans, and severed heads ; The Nazca lines and underground channels ; The Moche: pyramids, gold, and warriors ; The Moche: richest tombs in the world ; The Moche: drugs, sex, music, and puppies ; Enigmatic Tiwanaku by Lake Titicaca -- disc 3. The Amazon: civilization lost in the jungle ; The Wari: foundations of the Inca Empire? ; The Chimú: empire of the northern coast ; The Sican: goldsmiths of the Northern coast ; The Inca origins: mythology v. archaeology ; Cuzco and the Tawantinsuyu Empire -- disc 4. The Inca: from raiders to empire ; The Inca: gifts of the empire ; The Khipu: language hidden in knots ; Machu Picchu and the sacred valley ; Spanish contact: Pizarro conquers the Inca ; Remnants of the past: Andean culture today.

24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture by Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center.