A good place to start is … the beginning. These pages should link to each other, but if you take a wrong turn you can always come back here.
Chapter 0 0. The road to 256 Shades
Chapter 1a 01a. I arrive on Christmas Eve
Chapter 1 1. To Begin in the Beginning
Chapter 2 2. First Contact August 2016.
Chapter 3 3. 256 Shades of Grey
Chapter 4 4. Rock art in Peru
Chapter 5 5. Inca Domination
Chapter 6 6. Metalworking and War
Chapter 7 7. A trip to the Zoo
Chapter 8 8. The Zoo to Miraflores
Chapter 9 9. Pilgrimage to Pachacamac
Chapter 10 10. The Spring of Eternal Youth
Chapter 11 11. Metalworking in Mala…
Chapter 12 12. Llama Trails past La Capilla
Chapter 13 13. The Huarochiri Manuscript
Chapter 14 14. How Many Llamas Make a Caravan
Chapter 15 15. Llamas for Sacrifice
Chapter 16 16. Where men became gods
Chapter 17 17. Floods and Huaicos
Chapter 18 18. The Hill of Gold
Chapter 19 19. The Sword and the Cross
Chapter 20 20. The Evolution of Whales
Chapter 21 21. Floods in Cochineros
Chapter 22 22. Jaguar People
Chapter 23 23. Return to Calango
Chapter 24 24. Wari Wraps and Checas Chacras
Chapter 25 25, Swallows in the Amazon
Chapter 26 26. Marker Stones in the Landscape
Chapter 27 27. Gary Urton and Chaupi Numca
Chapter 28 28. Sun and Stars at Cochineros
Chapter 29 29. Huarochiri Rituals and Seasonal Festivals
Chapter 30 30. Hallucinogens
Chapter 31 31. Five Day Fiesta
Chapter 32 32. And yet they dance
200 – Sources, references and thanks
Appendices
Appendix 1. The Rock of Paria Caca 2
Appendix 2. How old are the engravings?
Appendix 3. Conclusions and Ruminations
Appendix 4 . Layering and Motifs on Piedra 6
Appendix 5. The gnomon or sun marker on Piedra 6
Appendix 6 – The historical perspective on 500 years of colonial abuse
6a – Where did all the people go?
6b. Rapprochement or Repression
6c. Encomiendas, reducciones…2
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