Cradle of Gold : The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu (Hardcover) 9780230611696

from crvernon

A unique story about an amazing people and place in the world. Heaney captures the troubled history of the Incas, the ruins, their excavation, and the Americas. It spans an improbable timeframe--15th century conquistadors to 1910s explorers, to the current legal battle between Peru and Yale--and ...

from dk_phoenix

If you're interested in Amazon exploration, this is yet another book you don't want to miss! While it's a little drier than Lost City of Z, there's still plenty of history, adventure, and real-world wonder to satisfy anyone looking for a jaunt into South American history and archaeology. I should...

from lisamunro

Indiana Jones never had to deal with national cultural patrimony laws, but Christopher Heaney's book demonstrates the tangled webs created through evolving concepts of archaeology, science, cultural patrimony, and foreign exploration. Based on primary source documentary research and the author's ...

from crvernon

A unique story about an amazing people and place in the world. Heaney captures the troubled history of the Incas, the ruins, their excavation, and the Americas. It spans an improbable timeframe--15th century conquistadors to 1910s explorers, to the current legal battle between Peru and Yale--and ...

from SeriousGrace

In 2008 Peru sued Yale University for the return of artifacts and human remains taken by Hiram Bingham. They claimed he stole over 46,000 articles. Yale claimed they had only a little over 5,000. Was that an admission of guilt? Heaney was fascinated with the case and decided to dig up the truth f...