Provincial Inca : archaeological and ethnohistorical assessment of the impact of the Inca state / edited by Michael A. Malpass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malpass, Michael Andrew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incas--Politics and government.

Incas.

Peru--Antiquities.

Peru.

Andes Region--Antiquities.

Andes Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Inca empire of Tawantinsuyu spanned almost 2,000 miles of enormous environmental variety, from coastal deserts to high-altitude grasslands. In less than a century, without wheeled vehicles or animals that could be ridden, the Incas conquered cultures that differed as tremendously as their environments. From agriculture-based polities with an elaborate material foundation like the Chimu of the north coast of Peru to marginal communities of fisherfolk like the Uru of the Lake Titicaca region, all were incorporated into a strongly hierarchical sociopolitical system as the empire spread during

Contents:

Chapter 1: Provincial Inca Archaeology and Ethnohistory: An Introduction; I. Studies in Provincial Inca Archaeology; Chapter 2: A Summary of the Inca Occupation of Huamachuco; Chapter 3: ... And He Said in the Time of the Ynga, They Paid Tribute and Served the Ynga; Chapter 4: The Inca Occupation of the Province of Andamarca Lucanas, Peru; Chapter 5: The Identification of Inca Posts and Roads from Catarpe to Río Frío, Chile; II. Toward an Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Synthesis

Chapter 6: The Provinces in the Heartland: Stylistic Variation and Architectural Innovation near Inca CuzcoChapter 7: Finding a Fit: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Incas; Chapter 8: Variability in the Inca State: Embracing a Wider Perspective; Bibliography; Index

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ISBN:

9781587291371

1587291371

OCLC:

44963626