María Rostworowski

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María Rostworowski
Born	August 8, 1915 Barranco, Lima
Occupation	Historian

María Rostworowski de Diez Canseco (born as María Rostworowski Tovar, on August 8, 1915) is a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications about Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire. Her family is of Polish extraction. She was a student of the famous Peruvian historian Raúl Porras Barrenechea at the National University of San Marcos.

[edit] Publications

• Señoríos Indígenas de Lima y Canta (1981)
• Historia del Tahuantinsuyu (1988)
• Ensayos de Historia Andina: Élites, Etnias, Recursos (1993)
• Pachacamac y el Señor de los Milagros (2004)

[edit] Bibliography

• (Spanish) María Rostworowski. Enciclopedia Temática del Perú: Incas. Lima: El Comercio S.A., 2004.