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The MITIMAS of the Cochabamba Valleyessay 1982 • Wachtel, Nathan & Forster, Elborg
Inka • South America > Central Andes
In the valley of Cochabamba, Huayna Capac organized a big 'state archipelago' dedicated to the massive production of maize, essentially for the alimentation of the army. The Inka expelled the majority of the autochthonous inhabitants (Cota Cotas, Chu...Gods & vampiresBook 1994 • Wachtel, Nathan & Volk, Carol
Uru-Chipaya • South America > Central Andes
Drawing on follow-up research conducted in 1991, this book discusses the substances of change that have occurred in Chipaya communities since the author's previous fieldwork in the 1970s and 1980s. Over those decades, Chipaya communities witnessed pr...