1. Adapting to Conquest.
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SMITH, JULIAN
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains , *INCAS , *ANTIQUITIES ,CONQUEST of Peru, 1522-1548 - Abstract
The article discusses the excavation of 16th-century settlement of Magdalena de Cao Viejo in Peru by archaeologist Jeffrey Quilter. The article discusses the Spanish conquest of the Incans in Peru in the 16th century. Other topics include the site as a reducción founded by Dominican priests, the discovery of paper letters and manuscripts at the site, evidence of blending of Incan and Spanish cultures at the site, and burials and human remains found at the site. INSET: Fragment of a Lost Language.
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- 2011