Child of the Snows
By Thomas Besom
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Child of the Snows brings to life the world of a sixteenth century Aymara community, one small part of the powerful Inka (Inca) empire. It opens with a pair of 20th century treasure hunters finding the tomb of a child in the snowy Cerro El Plomo mountain of southern Chile, then segues to the naming ceremony for an Aymara todd
Thomas Besom
Thomas Besom is a research associate at Binghamton University, SUNY, and the author of Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices (2009).
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