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The formation of Tawantinsuyu: mechanisms of colonization and relationship with ethnic groups

inca and aztec states, 1400-1800 : anthropology and history • New York • Published In 1982 • Pages: 173-198

By: Pease G. Y., Franklin, 1939, Berg, Mary G..

Abstract

This document analyzes how various Andean regions, varying in cultural complexity, fared under Inka rule. 'In some regions multiethnic kingdoms that had practiced colonization on their own endured Inka rule without much internal change. The ethnically stratified altiplano kingdom of Lupaqa, for example, colonized territories as distant as the Pacific coast long before the Inka advent. According to Pease, Lupaqa's internal organization changed little even after the Inka resettled some of its altiplano population and began to exact ribute. At the other extreme, the independent communities of the Chachapoyas region at the tropical forest fringes of Inka expansion, for example, resembled stateless societies until the Inka imposed YANA retainers as CURACAS having administrative authority and control at the local level. Pease concludes that the monolithic character of Inka state control suggested by the Cuzco-centered view of the chroniclers was a misrepresentation of the substantial regions diversty in multiethnic stratification and in level and quality of articulation to the state (p. 173)'

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

1532-1661

Coverage Place

Peru

Notes

Franklin Pease G. Y. ; translated by Mary G. Berg

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-198)

LCCN

82006760

LCSH

Incas