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Inca culture at the time of the Spanish conquest
Handbook of South American Indians, edited by Julian H. Steward • 2 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 183-330
By: Rowe, John Howland.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article from the Handbook of South American Indians is a systematic account of the Inka culture as it is possible to be reconstructed from archaeological remains and contemporary written records. There is information on population, tribal distribution, territorial organization, government administration, agriculture and animal husbandry, housing and architecture, communication and transportation, highways and bridges, clothing and ornaments, food and drinks, handicrafts, social stratification, warfare, life cycle, religion, medicine, mythology, literature, art, and science. Due to the limitations imposed by the nature of the source materials, some of the descriptive accounts are rather fragmentary.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- Tillage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Masonry
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Highways and bridges
- Chief executive
- Taxation and public income
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- Weights and measures
- Ordering of time
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Inka
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-1600
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Howland Rowe
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46026504
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Incas