Book
Inca civilization in Cuzco
University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Zuidema, R. Tom (Reiner Tom).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Based on the detailed, if somewhat idealized and interpretative accounts of the sixteenth century Spanish chroniclers in Cuzco who presented data on multiple aspects of Inka civilization, such as the spatial and temporal dimensions of social organization, kinship, age-classes, irrigation, architecture, art, the calendar, religion, and history, this work by Zuidema attempts to provide a reconstruction of Inka ethnography using the information above and placing it in a setting of modern anthropological theory. The major themes in this document center around the organization of space in the Cuzco valley, irrigation, the administrative structure, the age-class system (especially in regard to women), the calendric rituals and myths, and kinship, with particular emphasis on the Royal Ayllu.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Status, role, and prestige
- Age stratification
- Kinship terminology
- Lineages
- Moieties
- Territorial hierarchy
- Districts
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Mythology
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1532-ca. 1600
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- City and Valley of Cuzco (Cusco), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- by R. Tom Zuidema ; translated from the French by Jean-Jacques Decoster ; foreword by Françoise Héritier-Augé
- Translation of: [La civilisation inca au Cuzco]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-101)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89077440
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Incas