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Index
Abancay, Peru
Abril, Emilio
Abril, Roxana
Across South America (Bingham)
Adams, Alex
Adams, Aurita
Adams, Lucas
Adams, Magnus
Adventure
Age of Discovery
agriculture
Bingham on
and celestial orientation of Inca sites
and climate theories
and the hacienda system
and land reforms
and Machu Picchu
and terrace structures
Aguas Calientes
Ales Hrdlicka
Almaro, Diego de
alpacas
altitude sickness
Alvistur, Tomás
Amazonas Explorer
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
The American Mercury
American Museum of Natural History
Amundsen, Roald
Andean spectacled bears
Andenes (terraces)
Angkor Wat
Angrand, Léonce
animal sacrifice
anthropology
Antis
Antisuyo
Antisuyo (Savoy)
Aobama River
Aobama Valley
apachetas
Apurimac River
apus
at Choquequirao
at Choquetacarpo Pass
and the Ice Maiden
and the Inca Trail
and location of Inca sites
at Machu Picchu
and Machu Picchu theories
most revered peaks
at Phuyupatamarca
and religious syncretism
at Vitcos
archaeoastronomy
archaeology
Arequipa
Arteaga, Melchior
and Bingham
and Giesecke
guiding to Machu Picchu
and Lost City of the Incas
Atahualpa
Ausangate
Ayacucho
Aymaras
Aztec Empire
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de
Bandelier, Adolph
Bell, Alexander Graham
Berns, Augusto
Besley, J. Campbell
Betanzos, Juan de
Billinghurst, Guillermo
Bingham, Alfred
Bingham, Alfreda
childbirth
correspondence to
family fortune
father’s death
marriage
Bingham, Clara
Bingham, Hiram
Bingham, Hiram
Bingham, Hiram
and academic life
at Aguas Caliente
ambition of
and Andean culture
on animal sacrifices
and antiquities dealing
and artifacts controversy
birth of
and book revisions
childhood
and Choquequirao
and climate of Peru
and coca
and Concevidayoc
Connecticut home
discoveries in Peru
dissertation topic
education
and Espiritu Pampa
expedition notes
family life of
first expedition in Peru
first trips to Machu Picchu
and food in Peru
health problems
and the Inca Trail
journey to Espiritu Pampa
Leivers on
and Machu Picchu
and Markham
marriage
and media coverage
and Mount Coropuna climb
and Mount Machu Picchu
and music of Peru
organizational skills
and the Pan-American Scientific Congress
and “Peruvian Time,”
and Phuyupatamarca
and politics
and Puquiura
religious beliefs
research on Inca sites
returns from expeditions
at Rosaspata
and Savoy
second expedition in Peru
and self-promotion
and Tincochaca
Venezuela Colombia expedition
and Vilcabamba
and Vitos
Bingham, Woodbridge
Boehm, Sydney
Bolivar, Simón
bones. See huaqueros (grave robbers); skeletal remains
Boorstein, Daniel
Boston Globe
Boston Post
Bothrops pit viper
Bowman, Isaiah
Buenos Aires
Burger, Richard
Burton, Richard
Cachora
Cajamarca
Calancha, Antonio de la
and Bingham’s research
and Machu Picchu
and mummies of Inca rulers
and Vilcabamba
and Vitcos
Campa Indians
Canari Indians
Capac Ñan
Capra, Frank
Carrasco (sergeant)
Catholicism
ceja de selva
celestial orient
ation of Inca sites. See also
solstice lines
astronomical observations
and Bingham’s theories
and Choquequirao
and the Inca Trail
and Intihuatana shrines
and Llactapata
and Machu Picchu
and Patallacta
and Sacred Center theory
and sundials
and Vitcos
Central African Republic
Cerro San Gabriel
chasquis
Chepstow-Lusty, Alex
chicha
Chichen Itza
Choquequirao
and Bingham’s expeditions
camp at
compared to Llactapata
hike to
and Inca roads
and Leivers’s preservation ethic
Machu Picchu compared to
and orientation of Inca sites
and proximity to rivers
and route planning
site described
and treasure hunting
viewed from Phuyupatamarca
Choquetacarpo Pass
Christian missionaries. See also Catholicism
Cieza de León, Pedro de
City of Z
climate of Peru
Bingham on
and cloud forest
garúa (cloud cover)
and mountain passes
and rain forests
climate of Peru (cont.)
variety of zones
and Vilcabamba site
and Vitcos
Cobos, Benjamin
Cobos, Flavio
Cobos, Florencia
Cobos, Juvenal
and altitude fitness
and anniversary of Bingham’s trip
and coca
at Concevidayoc
daily hiking routine
at Espiritu Pampa
first visit to Machu Picchu
and hike to Choquequirao
home of
and Inca Trail trip
and insect attack
at Kolpacasa Pass
and Leivers’s injury
and muleteer injury
and muleteer work
and “Peruvian time,”
popularity of
preparations for trip
at Quillabamba
on Savoy expedition
at the Sixpac Manco
and start of trip
at Valentin farm
and water supplies
at Yanama camp
Cobos, Rosa
coca
and altitude endurance
and Andean diet
Bingham on
cookies
expedition’s use of
and folk medicine
and Inca royalty
Cock of the Rock (tunki bird)
Colombia
Columbus, Christopher
Concevidayoc
Condore, Samuel
condors
conquistadors. See also specific individuals
and Bingham’s expedition route
brutality of
conquest of Inca empire
and Cusco
and guerilla warfare
and the khipu
and Lost City legends
and mit’a system
and siege of Cusco
and treasure hunting
and Vilcabamba
and Vitcos
Conway, Hugh
Cook, Frederick
Cook, James
Coolidge, Calvin
Cordillera Vilcabamba
Corona Borealis
Coronica Moralizada (Calancha)
Coropuna
Cortés, Hernán
Cousteau, Jacques
“Cradle of Gold,”
creation myths. See also Tampu Tocco
Crowley, Aleister
Cura Ocllo
Cusco
and artifacts controversy
and Bingham’s expeditions
and civil war
and earthquakes
and the Inca empire
and Inca roads
and Inca stonework
and Koricancha temple
and New Age spiritualism
preparations for trip
and Quechua language
and routes to Machu Picchu
and Spanish conquest
topography of
and tourism
and water quality
Dana, Richard Henry
Darien Colony
Darwin, Charles
Davis, Richard Harding
Dead Woman’s Pass
Death in the Andes (Vargas Llosa)
The Discoverers (Boorstein)
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Earhart, Amelia
earthquakes
Eastman, George
Eaton, George
ecology of Peru. See plants of Peru; wildlife of Peru
The Economist
Ecuador
Edgar (Gudiel)
drive to Santa Teresa
at Espiritu Pampa
at Inca Trail trip
at Llactapata
preparations for trip
at Santa Teresa
Efrain (Valles)
background
on condors
guiding style
and Machu Picchu
and Patallacta
and Phuyupatamarca
and porters
preparations for trip
El Dorado legend
El Sol
Encounter Overland
Enigmatic Window
Eromboni Pampa
Espiritu Pampa
and Bingham’s expeditions
and celestial orientation of Inca sites
and Leivers’ preservation ethic
and Machu Picchu theories
and orientation of Inca sites
and proximity to rivers
and route planning
and Savoy’s theories
site described
and usnus
viewed from Phuyupatamarca
and Vilcabamba name
“The Explorer” (Kipling)
Exploring Cusco (Frost)
Farabee, William
Fawcett, Percy
Fejos, Paul
Fisk, Carlton
Fitch, Ezra
Foote, Harry
Forgotten Vilcabamba (Lee)
Frost, Peter
Fructoso
Fujimori, Alberto
Funerary Rock
Garcia, Alan
Geographic Journal
giardia
Giesecke, Albert
Gilbert Islands
gnomons
Greer, Paolo
author’s dinner with
background
on Bingham’s popularization of Machu Picchu
on celestial orientation of Inca sites
and preservation efforts
Grosvenor, Gilbert
and artifacts controversy
and Bingham’s trip reports
and lost city tales
and Machu Picchu articles
on scope of Bingham’s work
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,”
hacienda system
Hadley, Arthur Twining
Harper’s
harquebuses
Hartford Courant
Harvard University
Hay, Clarence
Heaney, Christopher
Hemming, John
Heroic Age of Exploration
Hilton, James
Hints to Travelers (Royal Geographical Society)
Hippie Trail
Hiram Bingham Highway
History of the Conquest of Peru (Prescott)
House of the Sun
Huadquiña hacienda
Huaina-Picchu
Huamani, Nati
Huancacalle
huaqueros (grave robbers)
Huascar
Huatanay River
Huayna Capac
Huayna Picchu
and Bingham’s expeditions
hike on
and Machu Picchu theories
view from
viewed from Sun Gate
Huayna Pucará
human remains. See huaqueros (grave robbers; skeletal remains)
hydroelectric plant at Machu Picchu
Ice Maiden
“In the Wonderland of Peru” (National Geographic)
Inca Land (Bingham)
Inca Tambo
Inca Trail
and Andes weather
author’s hike on
and barefoot hiking
and Bingham’s expeditions
and celestial orientation of Inca sites
and Choquetacarpo Pass
and Concevidayoc
and Huayna Picchu
Justo on
and Machu Picchu
and Machu Picchu theories
marathon on
and modern development
and Mount Machu Picchu
and Ollantaytambo
regulations
and road to Vilcabamba
and routes to Machu Picchu
and the Sun Gate
and trip planning
and Vitcos
The Incas of Peru (Markham)
Inkarri myth
Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC)
and access to rare sites
and the Capac Ñan
and Choquequirao
and Espiritu Pampa
and grave robbing
and Huayna Picchu
and Machu Picchu
and Peabody collection
and Vitcos
Inti
Inti Pata
Inti Raymi festivities
Intihuatana ranch
Intihuatana shrines
and celestial orientation of Inca sites
damaged by film crew
and Llactapata
and Machu Picchu
Island of the Sun
The Islands of Titicaca and Kosti (Bandelier)
Javier (INC worker)
Jones, Indiana (character)
The Journal of an Expedition Across Venezuela and Colombia (Bingham)
Julián (Bolaños)
at Concevidayoc
daily hiking routine
described
at Espiritu Pampa
at Huancacalle
injury
and muleteer work
Kant, Immanuel
Karp-Toledo, Eliane
Kasdan, Lawrence
khipu
Kipling, Rudyard
Kolpacasa Pass
Koricancha
and adventure films
and Atahualpa’s ransom
and celestial orientation of Inca sites
and Cusco
and Machu Picchu
Prescott on
and treasure hunting
la hora peruana (Peruvian Time)
Lake Parinacochas
Lake Titicaca
Landis, Deborah Nadoolman
