Description
Book SynopsisIn a secluded valley high in the Andes Mountains, long before thetime of the Incas and the Aztecs, the empire of the Aymara rosefrom the shores of Lake Titicaca and flourished for nearly athousand years. The secrets of the Aymara civilization, one of thefirst great empires of the Americas, have only recently beendeciphered from the haunting ruins of their splendid temples, amongwhich their contemporary descendants still live and worktoday.
In Valley of the Spirits, Alan Kolata takes us deep into themystical world of the Aymara, where past and present come togetherand the spirits of ancient ancestors still speak to shamans in thevoices of mountain springs. Kolata''s unique knowledge of the Aymarais based on 17 years of research at the site of the ancientempire.
Its crown jewel was the dazzling ancient capital of Tiahuanaco,whose gold and silver-appointed temples and monumental stonesculptures intensified the mythic aura of the city, imbuing it witha quality of the supe
Table of ContentsInto the Aymara World.
The Trembler on the Mountain.
Andean Genesis.
The Sacred City.
The World Turned Around.
Restoration.
The Past Is Prologue.
Notes.
Glossary.
Index.
