essay
The infrastructure of Inka control in the Peruvian central highlands
inca and aztec states, 1400-1800 : anthropology and history • New York • Published In 1982 • Pages: 153-171
By: Morris, Craig.
Abstract
Craig Morris uses archaeological materials from two centers (Huánuco Pampa and the TAMPU of Tunsukancha) along Inka state roads to depict the political administration of empire in 1532. The recent evidence that Morris cites indicates that such centers provided a place for leaders to give their followers feasts accompanied with heavy drinking and much political-religious ceremony. This argument points to the fragility of administrative mechanisms, which more nearly resembled village rituals of solidarity than the full-time bureaucracies and standing armies too easily suggested, at least to the modern mind, by the elaborate state roadways, edifices, and stored goods constructed and accumulated by the Inkas (p. 153).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1532
- Coverage Place
- central highlands, Peru
- Notes
- Craig Morris
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-171)
- LCCN
- 82006760
- LCSH
- Incas