Inka Storage Systems

Terry Y. LeVine

ISBN 10: 0806148101 / ISBN 13: 9780806148106

Published by University Of Oklahoma Press Okt 2014, 2014

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Neuware - Inka storage systems financed the largest prehistoric New World empire, the Inka state, which extended almost three thousand miles along the west coast of South America and into the Andean highlands. In this volume, prominent anthropologists and archaeologists explore for the first time how Inka storage was integrated into the Inka administrative system, and how Inka authorities consolidated their power by controlling access to concentrated resources.The massive wealth accumulated in Inka storehouses was legendary in sixteenth-century accounts of the Spanish invasion of the Andes. Archaeological studies reported here reveal how and why circular and rectangular Inka structures, known as qollqa, were built at high elevations where climatic conditions protected and preserved the contents.The Inkas tailored the administration of their vast economy-which was without currency-to the resources of each region and political sophistication of the local population. They filled storehouses with agricultural products, textiles and other manufactured goods, and oro from state-owned mines, through an elaborate system of taxation based on corvée labor. As organization and deployment of economic surpluses became more efficient, Inka rulers were able to tighten their control.This major contribution to Andean studies presents research from several regions and from major Inka storage archaelogical sites-Huanuco Pampa, Pumpu, Hatun Xauxa, Valle Calchaqui and Huamachuco. The discussions range from theoretical considerations of Inka political economy to excavation and analysis of individual storage structures. Inka Storage Systems is unique-focusing on storage and emphasizing archaeological data complemented by ethnohistorical interpretations.ContributorsCoreen E. Chiswell, Terence N. D'Altory, Timothy L. Earle, Christine A. HastorfHeidi A. Lennstrom, Terry Y. LeVine, Craig Morris, James E. Snead, John R. TopicTerry Y. LeVine was Research Associate in the Institute of Archaeology and a Research Consultant in the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inka Storage Systems
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press Okt 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806148101
• ISBN 13: 9780806148106
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 215W x 146H x 27D millimeters 215 millimeters width by 146 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 528 grams

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Synopsis

Inka storage systems financed the largest prehistoric New World empire, the Inka state, which extended almost three thousand miles along the west coast of South America and into the Andean highlands. In this volume, prominent anthropologists and archaeologists explore for the first time how Inka storage was integrated into the Inka administrative system, and how Inka authorities consolidated their power by controlling access to concentrated resources.
               
The massive wealth accumulated in Inka storehouses was legendary in sixteenth-century accounts of the Spanish invasion of the Andes. Archaeological studies reported here reveal how and why circular and rectangular Inka structures, known as qollqa, were built at high elevations where climatic conditions protected and preserved the contents.
               
The Inkas tailored the administration of their vast economy—which was without currency—to the resources of each region and political sophistication of the local population. They filled storehouses with agricultural products, textiles and other manufactured goods, and oro from state-owned mines, through an elaborate system of taxation based on corvée labor. As organization and deployment of economic surpluses became more efficient, Inka rulers were able to tighten their control.
               
This major contribution to Andean studies presents research from several regions and from major Inka storage archaelogical sites—Huanuco Pampa, Pumpu, Hatun Xauxa, Valle Calchaqui and Huamachuco. The discussions range from theoretical considerations of Inka political economy to excavation and analysis of individual storage structures. Inka Storage Systems is unique—focusing on storage and emphasizing archaeological data complemented by ethnohistorical interpretations.

About the Author

Terry Y. LeVine was Research Associate in the Institute of Archaeology and a Research Consultant in the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles.