How the Incas built their heartland : state formation and the innovation of imperial strategies in the Sacred Valley, Peru / R. Alan Covey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Covey, R. Alan, 1974-

Series:

History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incas--Politics and government.

Incas.

Incas--Kings and rulers.

Incas--Antiquities.

Political culture--Peru--Cuzco Region.

Political culture.

Cuzco Region (Peru)--Politics and government.

Cuzco Region (Peru).

Cuzco Region (Peru)--Territorial expansion.

Cuzco Region (Peru)--Antiquities.

Peru--Cuzco Region.

Physical Description:

xv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2006]

Contents:

Chapter 1 A New Orientation for Inca Studies 1

Chapter 2 State Formation, Imperial Expansion, and the History of Inca Research in the Cusco Region 18

Chapter 3 Ecology and Risk Reduction in the Inca Heartland 37

Chapter 4 Wari Imperialism and Local Political Competition in Cusco 56

Chapter 5 Setting the Stage for Inca State Formation (AD 1000-1200) 81

Chapter 6 The Formation of the Inca State 109

Chapter 7 Elite Interaction and Local Responses to Inca Expansion 138

Chapter 8 State Expansion, Economic Intensification, and Local Resistance 167

Chapter 9 The Imperial Extrapolation of Inca State Expansion Strategies 184

Chapter 10 The Transformation of the Inca Heartland 208

Appendix A Glossary of Spanish and Quechua Terms Used 241

Appendix B Cusco Regional Chronology 246.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-320) and index.

ISBN:

0472114786

OCLC:

61479570

Publisher Number:

9780472114788