Noble David Cook and his co-researcher Alexandra Parma Cook have been studying the Colca Valley since 1974, and this detailed ethnohistory reflects their decades-long engagement with the valley, its history…

First full-length history of the Colca Valley in southern Peru from pre-Hispanic times to the present.

Available for the first time in English, this history of Peru is based largely on interviews with Cieza’s conquistador compatriots, as well as with Indian informants knowledgeable of the Incan…