Distant provinces in the Inka empire : toward a deeper understanding of Inka imperialism / edited by Michael A. Malpass and Sonia Alconini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malpass, Michael Andrew.

Alconini Mujica, Sonia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incas--History.

Incas.

Incas--Politics and government.

Imperialism--History--To 1500.

Imperialism.

Colonies--Administration--History--To 1500.

Colonies.

Regionalism--South America--History--To 1500.

Regionalism.

Human geography--South America--History--To 1500.

Human geography.

Incas--Social conditions.

Elite (Social sciences)--South America--History--To 1500.

Elite (Social sciences).

Social control--South America--History--To 1500.

Social control.

South America--Ethnic relations.

South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributors to this cutting-edge volume incorporate the interaction of archaeological and ethnohistorical research with archaeobotany, biometrics, architecture, and mining engineering, among other fields. The geographical scope of the chapters-which cover the Inka provinces in Bolivia, in southeast Argentina, in southern Chile, along the central and north coast of Peru, and in Ecuador-build upon the many different ways in which conqueror and conquered interacted. Competing factors such as the kinds of resources available in the provinces, the degree of cooperation or resistance manifested by

Contents:

Provincial Inka studies in the twenty-first century / Michael A. Malpass and Sonia Alconini

Archaeobotany of Cerro del Inga, Chile, at the southern Inka frontier / Jack Rossen, María Teresa Planella, and Ruben Stehberg

An archaeological perspective on the Inka provincial administration of the south-central Andes / Calógero M. Santoro ... [et al.]

Yampara households and communal evolution in the southeastern Inka peripheries / Sonia Alconini

Living under the imperial thumb in the northern Calchaquí Valley, Argentina / Felix A. Acuto

Forms of imperial control and the negotiation of local autonomy in the Cinti Valley of Bolivia / Claudia Rivera Casanovas

The organization of Inka silver production in Porco, Bolivia / Mary Van Buren and Ana María Presta

A bioarchaeological approach to the search for Mitmaqkuna / Susan J. Haun and Guillermo A. Cock Carrasco

The socioeconomic and ideological transformation of Farfán under Inka rule / Carol Mackey

Inkas and Yumbos at Palmitopamba in northwestern Ecuador / Ronald D. Lippi and Alejandra M. Gudiño

Toward a better understanding of Inka provincialism / Sonia Alconini and Michael A. Malpass.

Notes:

Chiefly papers presented at the 2004 Society for the American Archaeology annual meeting held in Montreal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587299339

158729933X

OCLC:

646068297