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

Inca and Aztec states, 1400-1800 : anthropology and historyNew YorkPublished In 1982 • Pages: 173-198

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

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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)'
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Acculturation and culture contact
Dependencies
External relations
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.
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
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
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1532-1661
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Peru
NotesAdditional notes
Franklin Pease G. Y. ; translated by Mary G. Berg
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-198)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82006760
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Incas