Incas

 

The Incan Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. There is a lot of information about the history of the Incan Empire and we are going to look at the best ways to find it.

There are a few keywords that could help you find information in your search; these include:

·         Inca

·         Incan Empire

·         Ancient Americas

·         History Peru

If you are looking for more specific information you need to use specific terms. For example if you wanted information on a particular area you might use the name for that area; like, ‘Machu Picchu’ or ‘Cusco’ or 'Cuzco'. If you wanted to know about things like religion, cuisine or war I would suggest adding those terms after the word ‘Inca’ or ‘Incan’. We have some fantastic physical resources in the library you can look at.

If you go to the Information desk online webpage on the Library website you will see that you have access to encyclopaedias like World Book and Britannica. In fact there is some great information on the Incan people on the Britannica website. http://www.britannica.com/topic/Inca

If you then go to the Reference Databases webpage try using the word “Inca” to search in the databases Ancient and Medieval History and Modern World History, these have some great information.

Some websites you might find useful

Gold and the Incas http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Incas/
This is the webpage related to an exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. It has some fascinating artefacts and information. Make sure you click the ‘Learn more’ button to access the full information and catalogue for this exhibition.

The page Incas from the British Museum also has some great information. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/the_americas/incas.aspx

The Incas http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/incas/collier.htm This page has some fantastic historical information about the Incan Empire.

The Inca Empire http://mysite.du.edu/~ajenniso/IncaEmpire.html

This website has some interesting historical information on the people as well as some of the places.