essay
Inca decimal administration in the Lake Titicaca region
Inca and Aztec states, 1400-1800 : anthropology and history • New York • Published In 1982 • Pages: 119-151
By: Julien, Catherine J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Catherine Julien argues that the Inka curbed the power of local elites both by reducing their discretionary control over citizen's labor and by replacing possible dissidents. Since even decimal officials were obligated to participate in public works, albeit in inverse proportion to their rank, their relative status was symbolized in other ways. The hierarchical system, effaced heterogeneous regional variation in local leaders' claim to positions and paved the way for an imperial class system. Julien thus emphasizes how decimal administration would have rationalized state control, even in provinces from which populations were not removed by MITIMA assignments to other locations. Although Julien's evidentiary base differs little from that of Pease and Murra, …her analysis differs markedly. Whereas Murra discounts decimal administration because of its scant mention in the VISITAS, Julien stresses indirect evidence for decimal groupings. Whereas Murra emphasizes the ways in which provincial productive activities continued unchanged and whereas Pease sees only a limited surplus flowing to the Inkas, Julien points to the state's permanent expropriation of substantial proportions of provincial labor (p. 119).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnic stratification
- Moieties
- Community heads
- Territorial hierarchy
- Towns
- Provinces
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- Miscellaneous government activities
- 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
- 1532-1600
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lapaca Province, Lake Titicaca region, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Catherine J. Julien
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82006760
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Incas