book chapter
Provincial power in the Inka empire
Smithsonian Institution Press • Washington • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: D'Altroy, Terence N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is an analysis of Inka military, political and economic power, based on historical sources and data from the Upper Mantaro Archaeological Research Project (UMARP). After considering a number of political economy models, D'Altroy settles on a 'territorial-hegemonic' model, which he argues best suits Inka military strategy and Inka-ethnic elite social relations. The Upper Mantaro region was a fertile region close to Cuzco and source of food for the army. The archaeological record shows how Inka increased the efficiency of surplus production by moving the local population down from the hills and into the valleys, where they created specialized farming communities. Extensive storage facilities on hillsides provided rations for a mobile army. Household refuse patterns reveal that local elites also shared in this surplus. According to D'Altroy this is evidence of how ethnic elites were integrated into the Inka Empire, using state surplus to underwrite local feasting and rituals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Business structures
- Production and supply
- Warehousing
- Ethnic stratification
- Social relationships and groups
- Territorial hierarchy
- Taxation and public income
- Government enterprises
- Strategy
- Logistics
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1460-1580
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mantaro Valley, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Terence N. D'Altroy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91017476
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Incas