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A metallographic description of some ancient Peruvian bronzes from Machu Picchu. By C.H. Mathewson. (Contributions from the Peruvian Expedition of 1912, under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society.)

Author:
Mathewson, Champion Herbert  Search this
Yale Peruvian Expedition 1912  Search this
Physical description:
p. [525]-602 incl. illus., 2 pl. 7 pl. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru
Date:
1915
1915]
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_699814

A wonder of the world : Machu Picchu, the greatest expression of the Inka cosmovision / by Darwin Camacho Paredes

Title:
Machu Picchu, the greatest expression of the Inka cosmovision
Author:
Camacho Paredes, Darwin  Search this
Physical description:
139 p., XCIII leaves of col. plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Santuario Histórico de Machu Picchu (Peru)
Peru
Date:
2004
2011
Between 2004 and 2011]
Topic:
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.1.M3 C36 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_976999

Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu / Christopher Heaney

Author:
Heaney, Christopher  Search this
Subject:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 285 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Peru
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2010
Conquest, 1522-1548
Topic:
Latin Americanists  Search this
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Cultural property  Search this
Incas--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_939025

Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu / by Christopher Heaney

Author:
Heaney, Christopher  Search this
Subject:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Cultural property  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_969743

Discovering Machu Picchu : the Inca trail and Choquequirau : the essential book / [text and photos, José Miguel Helfer Arguedas ; authors and editors, Aneta Dukszto and José Miguel Helfer Arguedas ; translation, Patricia Cockburn Ruiz ; illustrations, Leontina Monzón Brañes ; cartography, Grupo Geo Graphos S.R.L.]

Title:
Inca trail and Choquequirau
Choquequirau
Author:
Helfer Arguedas, José Miguel  Search this
Physical description:
128 p. : col. ill., col. maps. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Cuzco (Peru : Province)
Date:
2004
C2004
Topic:
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Incas--Social life and customs  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1032882

El camino inca a Machu Picchu : la aventura de la historia / [texto, Rafael León ; fotografía, Mylene d'Auriol]

Author:
León, Rafael  Search this
D'Auriol, Mylene  Search this
Physical description:
213 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2000
Topic:
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_971289

Explore the Inca trail / Jacquetta Magarry and Roy Davies

Author:
Megarry, Jacquetta  Search this
Davies, Roy  Search this
Physical description:
64 p. : col. ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Guidebooks
Place:
Peru
Cuzco Region
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2002
Topic:
Trails  Search this
Hiking  Search this
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.3.R6 E97 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_731861

Helga Teiwes photograph collection

Photographer:
Teiwes, Helga  Search this
Names:
Arizona State Museum  Search this
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah  Search this
Extent:
3775 Negatives (photographic)
3126 Slides (photographs)
433 Photographic prints
196 Transparencies
16 Linear feet
Culture:
San Carlos Apache  Search this
Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Rarámuri (Tarahumara)  Search this
Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Slides (photographs)
Photographic prints
Transparencies
Photographs
Place:
Cuzco (Peru)
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru
Arizona
Mexico
New Mexico
Gila River Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Date:
1965-2002
Summary:
The Helga Teiwes photograph collection contains over 7,000 negatives, slides and prints made by Teiwes between 1965 and 2002. For over thirty years Teiwes worked as a staff photographer for the Arizona State Museum, photographing and documenting Native American communities across the American Southwest. During this time, Teiwes also privately took photographs and built personal relationships among members of the Akimel O'odham, Tohono O'odham, Apache, Diné (Navajo) and Hopi tribes. These photographs include portraits of artists at work, families in their homes, daily life on the reservation, special events and landscape photography. Additionally, the Teiwes collection includes photographs from a 1975 trip to Peru and photographs of the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) community in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Scope and Contents:
The Helga Teiwes photograph collection contains over 7,000 negatives, slides and prints made by Teiwes between 1965 and 2002 across the American Southwest, Mexico and Peru. The majority of the photographs document daily life and activities, artists at work, and special events among members of the Akimel O'odham, Tohono O'odham, Apache, Diné (Navajo) and Hopi tribes in Arizona and New Mexico. A smaller amount of photographs documents trips Teiwes made to Mexico to photograph the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) community in Chihuahua and a 1975 summer trip to Peru. The collection is arranged into seven series with additional subseries.

Series 1, Akimel O'odham (Pima), 1965-1993, 2001, contains photographs mostly taken among the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. These include intimate portraits, landscape views and views of farming and agriculture. Of particular note are photographs of Patricia "Pat" Stone and her family and basket weaver Julia Francisco. The majority of the photographs in Series 2, Apache, 1973-1994, are from two San Carlos Apache coming of age ceremonies, or "Changing Woman" ceremonies, from 1992 and 1994. The 1992 ceremony for Leia Tenille Johnson was held in Whiteriver, Arizona and the 1994 ceremony for Vanessa Jordan of Bylas, Arizona. A selection of 50 photographic prints from these ceremonies were later exhibited in "Western Apache Sunrise Ceremony" at the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology. The largest series, Series 3, Diné (Navajo), 1969-2002, is divided into seven subseries by topics. This includes artists and artisans, families and individuals across the Navajo Nation, industry and agriculture, trading posts and markets, places, schools, and other topics. Of particular note are the photographs of the Greyeyes family from Tsegi Canyon, Arizona. In addition to photographing matriarch Bessie Salt Greyeyes at home with family, weaving, cooking, shopping around town and herding sheep and goats, Teiwes accompanied Pete Greyeyes to work at the Peabody Coal Mining Company. Other places and events of note include photographs of Monument Valley, Window Rock, seat of the Navajo Nation, the Hubbell and Shonto trading posts and the 1990 graduation from Navajo Community College (Now Diné College).

Series 4, Hopi, 1968-2002, highlights the work and artistry of Hopi basket weavers. Many of the photographs in this series were included in Teiwes's 1996 book Hopi Basket Weaving: Artistry in Natural Fibers. Coiled basket weavers from the Second Mesa include Madeline Lamson, Joyce Ann Saufkie, Evelyn Selestewa and Bertha Wadsworth, among others. Wicker basket weavers from the Third Mesa include Eva Hoyungowa, Abigail Kaursgowva, Vera Pooyouma and Vernita Silas, among others. Teiwes also photographed additional artists and events on the Hopi reservation including Maechel Saufkie's 1995 wedding. Series 5, Peru, 1975 includes photographs from Teiwes's 1975 summer trip to Peru. Teiwes visited and photographed several pre-Colombian archaeological sites including Sacsahuaman and Machu Piccu in addition to photographing in larger cities such as Cuzco, Lima and Quito (Ecuador). A large number of photographs in this series are from the Inti Raymi parade and festival held in Cuzco during their winter solstice. Series 6, Tarahumara (Rarámuri), 1971, 1977-1979 contains photographs from three trips to Chihuahua, Mexico to photograph the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people for an Arizona State Museum exhibition held in 1979. Also included are photographs from the exhibition opening in Arizona. Series 7, Tohono O'odham, 1969-1995, 2002 contains photographs of the saguaro cactus harvest in addition to other special events among the Tohono O'odham people. Teiwes documented Juanita Ahill, and later her niece Stella Tucker, throughout the process of harvesting and processing the saguaro cactus plant to make jam and ceremonial wine. Additional events photographed in this series include the San Xavier Elders parade and Tumacacori festival.

The photographs in this collection range all media types: 6x6cm color/black and white negatives; 35mm color/black and white negatives; 35mm and 6x6cm color slides; 6x6cm transparencies; contact sheets; and 3x5, 4x6, 8x10 and larger color/black and white photographic prints, some matted for sale or exhibition purposes. Teiwes did include handwritten notations on the backs of some photographs and slide mounts. There is also a small amount of paper documentation.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into seven series by culture group or location. Series 1: Akimel O'odham (Pima), Series 2: Apache, Series 3: Diné (Navajo), Series 4: Hopi, Series 5: Peru, Series 6: Tarahumara (Rarámuri), Series 7: Tohono O'odham.
Biographical / Historical:
Helga Kulbe Teiwes was born in Büderich, near Düsseldorf, in Germany in 1930. In 1950 Teiwes began a trade apprenticeship in photography under Master photographer Erna Hehmke-Winterer, a specialist in black and white portraiture, architectural and industrial photography. In 1957 Teiwes earned her master's degree in photography and worked as an industrial photographer in Düsseldorf until she emigrated to New York in 1960. During her four years in New York City, Teiwes worked as a darkroom worker, an assistant photographer for Cartier Jewelers and as a transparency retoucher. She also continued to build her portfolio through free-lance work. In 1964, a trip to Mesa Verde inspired Teiwes to seek work in the Southwest. The same year she was hired by Dr. Emil Haury of the University of Arizona to photograph his excavation of Snaketown on the Gila River Indian Reservation. Following Snaketown, Teiwes was hired as a museum photographer for the Arizona State Museum (ASM) at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She was also sought after for other archaeological projects during the 1960s and 1970s to take publication and studio shots. During this time, Teiwes developed a deep interest in the people and cultures of the Southwest and spent a significant amount of time on reservations building personal relationships among the Hopi, Apache, Tohono O'dham and Diné (Navajo) among others. Teiwes took a particular interest in documenting Native artists and the work they produced, including basket weavers, potters, jewelers and carvers. Teiwes also worked to capture everyday life among the Native people of the Southwest in addition to documenting special events like the Apache coming of age ceremony and the Tohono O'odham Saguaro Cactus harvest. Teiwes retired from the Arizona State Museum in 1993 but continued to work as a freelance photographer and writer in Tuscon.

Throughout her career Teiwes's photographs and essays were published nationally and internationally. Her photographic study Navajo was published by the Swiss publisher U. Bar Varlag in 1991 and published in English in 1993. Her books Kachina Dolls: The Art of the Hopi Carvers and Hopi Basket Weaving: Artistry in Natural Fibers were published by the University of Arizona Press in 1991 and 1996. From October 2003 to June 2004, the Arizona State Museum held an exhibition titled "With an Eye on Culture: The Photography of Helga Teiwes" highlighting the broad scope of her career.

In 2013, Teiwes donated her collection of personal photographs, not taken for the Arizona State Museum, to the National Museum of the American Indian, Archive Center. Teiwes's photographs taken for the Arizona State Museum are housed in the ASM's photographic archives.
Related Materials:
There is a large collection of photographs at the Arizona State Museum where Teiwes worked from 1964-1993. These photographs include harvesting of mesquite, cholla, and saguaro; traditional farming of corn at Hopi and of tepary beans among the Tohono O'odham; and craftspeople and their art in basketry, katsina carving, pottery, and weaving.
Provenance:
This collection was donated by Helga Teiwes in 2013.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Please contact the NMAI Archive Center (NMAIArchives@si.edu) regarding the use of this collection, donor restrictions apply.
Topic:
Navajo Indians -- Agriculture  Search this
Navajo artists -- Photographs  Search this
Changing Woman Ceremony (Apache rite)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Photographs  Search this
Basket making -- Hopi  Search this
Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Photographs  Search this
Saguaro -- Arizona  Search this
Basket making -- Pima  Search this
Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest -- Photographs  Search this
Hopi women -- Photographs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Helga Teiwes Photograph Collection, Box and Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.070
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Helga Teiwes photograph collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4ea273719-90d2-408b-8cea-d1e165f5f3c7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-070
Online Media:

Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)

Creator:
Harris & Ewing  Search this
Subject:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
United States Congress Senate  Search this
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
United States
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
Between 1924 and 1933
Topic:
Legislators  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0223]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_290287

In the wonderland of Peru : the work accomplished by the Peruvian expedition of 1912, under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society / by Hiram Bingham, director of the expedition

Author:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
Subject:
Peruvian Expeditions (1912-1915)  Search this
Physical description:
p. 387-573 : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
1913
Topic:
Incas  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F3429.B63X 1913
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_358375

Island of the sun : mastering the Inca medicine wheel / Alberto Villoldo and Erik Jendresen

Author:
Villoldo, Alberto  Search this
Jendresen, Erik  Search this
Subject:
Villoldo, Alberto  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 210 p. : maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Bolivia
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Date:
1995
1992
C1995
Topic:
Shamanism  Search this
Religion  Search this
Incas--Religion  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920780

Kent Roark photographs of Machu Picchu, Sacsahuaman, and Cuzco

Creator:
Roark, Kent (photographer and collector)  Search this
Names:
Smithsonian Associates  Search this
Photographer:
Fowle, Marguerite  Search this
Extent:
45 Color prints
Culture:
Peruvians  Search this
Incas  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color prints
Photographs
Place:
Sacsahuamán Site (Peru)
Peru
Cuzco (Peru)
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
circa 1960-1968
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting structures and scenery at Machu Picchu and Sacsahuaman historical sites, as well as structures and people in the city of Cuzco. Prints were made from color slides created by Kent Roark and Marguerite Fowle during a trip sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates and led by Richard Howland.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 79-17
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The Smithsonian Archives holds Smithsonian Tour Records, 1968-1979 (SIA RS00735).
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 79-17, Kent Roark photographs of Machu Picchu, Sacsahuaman, and Cuzco, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.79-17
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b6a580ae-aeff-4feb-8d76-5a348e54b4b1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-79-17

Lost city of the Incas / Hiram Bingham

Author:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
Subject:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2003
1952
2003, c1952
Topic:
Archaeological expeditions  Search this
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.1.M3 B564 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_909340

Lost city of the Incas, the story of Machu Picchu and its builders

Author:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 263 p. illus., map (on lining-paper) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru
Date:
1948
[1948]
Topic:
Incas  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.1.M3P617X 1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_316791

Lost city of the Incas; the story of Machu Picchu and its builders

Author:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956  Search this
Physical description:
x, 240 p. illus. 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru
Date:
1963
Topic:
Incas  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.1.M3 B613 1963
F3429.1.M3B613 1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_55501

Machu Picchu / by John Hemming

Author:
Hemming, John 1935-  Search this
Physical description:
172 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
1981
C1981
Topic:
Incas  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_785779

Machu Picchu / photographs, Barry Brukoff ; poems, Pablo Neruda ; translation, Stephen Kessler ; prologue, Isabel Allende

Author:
Brukoff, Barry  Search this
Neruda, Pablo 1904-1973 Alturas de Macchu Picchu English & Spanish  Search this
Kessler, Stephen 1947-  Search this
Subject:
Neruda, Pablo 1904-1973 Alturas de Macchu Picchu English & Spanish  Search this
Physical description:
127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 26 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Poetry
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_712430

Machu Picchu : a civil engineering marvel / by Kenneth R. Wright and Alfredo Valencia Zegarra ... [et al.]

Author:
Wright, Kenneth R  Search this
Valencia Zegarra, Alfredo  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 136 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Civil engineering  Search this
Hydraulic engineering  Search this
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_738236

Machu Picchu : catálogo de la colección = Machu Picchu collection catalogue / [editado por la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América

Title:
Machu Picchu collection catalogue
Author:
Kauffmann Doig, Federico  Search this
Burger, Richard L  Search this
Salazar, Lucy C  Search this
United States Embassy (Peru)  Search this
Subject:
Bingham, Hiram 1875-1956 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
204 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 32 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Peru
Machu Picchu Site
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Incas--Antiquities  Search this
Archaeological museums and collections  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.1.M3 M33 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_988521

Machu Picchu : el más famoso monumento arqueológico del Perú / [por] Luis E. Valcárcel

Author:
Valcárcel, Luis E (Luis Eduardo) 1891-1987  Search this
Physical description:
103 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Date:
1964
[1964]
Topic:
Incas  Search this
Call number:
F3429.1.M3 V35 1964
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_922765

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