Variations in the expression of Inka power : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 18 and 19 October 1997 / Richard L. Burger, Craig Morris, and Ramiro Matos Mendieta, editors ; Joanne Pillsbury and Jeffrey Quilter, general editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burger, Richard L.

Morris, Craig, 1939-2006.

Matos Mendieta, Ramiro.

Pillsbury, Joanne.

Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incas--Antiquities--Congresses.

Incas.

Incas--Social life and customs.

Civilization.

Incas--Antiquities.

Andes Region--Civilization--Congresses.

Andes Region.

Incas--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 449 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. While the Inka have been traditionally viewed through the textual sources of early colonial histories, this volume draws on recent archaeological research to challenge theories on the chronology and development of the Inka Empire and how this culture spread across such a vast area. The volume demonstrates the great regional diversity of the Inka realm, with strategies of expansion that were shaped to meet a variety of local situations beyond the capital in Cusco. Using a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history.

Contents:

Andean ethnohistory and the agenda for Inka archaeology / Craig Morris

Variations between Inka installations in the Puna of Chinchayqocha and the drainage of Tarma / Carmen Arellano and Ramiro Matos Mendieta

Pilgrimage and the geography of power in the Inka empire / Charles Stanish and Brian S. Bauer

The Inkas in the Southlands / Terence N. d'Altroy, Verónica I. Williams, and Ana María Lorandi

The Inka transformation of the Chincha capital / Craig Morris and Julién Idilio Santillana

Machu Picchu's silent majority : a consideration of the Inka cemeteries / Lucy C. Salazar

Sculpting the Yucay Valley : power and style in late Inka architecture / Susan A. Niles and Robert N. Batson

Toward a reconceptualization of the late horizon and the Inka period : perspectives from Cochasquí, Ecuador, and Samaipata, Bolivia / Albert Meyers

The Kallanka at Samaipata, Bolivia: an example of Inka monumental architecture / María de los Angeles Muñoz

Queros, Aquillas, Uncus, and Chulpas : the composition of Inka artistic expression and power / Tom Cummins

The Inka, and Andean metallurgical tradition / Heather Lechtman

Information control in the palace of Puruchuco : an accounting hierarchy in a Khipu archive from coastal Peru / Gary Urton and Carrie J. Brezine

"And all theirs different from his" : the Dumbarton Oaks royal Inka tunic in context / Rebecca R. Stone

The archaeology of Inka power : concluding thoughts / Richard L. Burger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780884023517

0884023516

OCLC:

85892215