Variations in the Expression of Inka Power : A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 18 and 19 October 1997

by Morris, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780884023517
• ISBN10: 0884023516
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-31
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

Download a corrected version of the map of the Lake Titicaca region . Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. While the Inka have been traditionally viewed through the textual sources of early colonial histories, this volume draws on recent archaeological research to challenge theories on the chronology and development of the Inka Empire and how this culture spread across such a vast area. The volume demonstrates the great regional diversity of the Inka realm, with strategies of expansion that were shaped to meet a variety of local situations beyond the capital in Cusco. Using a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Andean Ethnohistory and the Agenda for Inka Archaeology	p. 1
Variations between Inka Installations in the Puna of Chinchayqocha and the Drainage of Tarma	p. 11
Pilgrimage and the Geography of Power in the Inka Empire	p. 45
The Inkas in the Southlands	p. 85
The Inka Transformation of the Chincha Capital	p. 135
Machu Picchu's Silent Majority: A Consideration of the Inka Cemeteries	p. 165
Sculpting the Yucay Valley: Power and Style in Late Inka Architecture	p. 185
Toward a Reconceptualization of the Late Horizon and the Inka Period: Perspectives from Cochasqui, Ecuador, and Samaipata, Bolivia	p. 223
The Kallanka at Samaipata, Bolivia: An Example of Inka Monumental Architecture	p. 255
Queros, Aquillas, Uncus, and Chulpas: The Composition of Inka Artistic Expression and Power	p. 267
The Inka, and Andean Metallurgical Tradition	p. 313
Information Control in the Palace of Puruchuco: An Accounting Hierarchy in a Khipu Archive from Coastal Peru	p. 357
"And All Theirs Different from His": The Dumbarton Oaks Royal Inka Tunic in Context	p. 385
The Archaeology of Inka Power: Concluding Thoughts	p. 423
Notes on Contributors	p. 438
Index	p. 443
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