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Using oxygen 18 isotope to problematize the presence of resettled laborers in the far provinces of the Inca empire. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Resettlement, as a major imperial policy in the Inca empire, appears to have been a widespread mechanism for labor mobilization and the dismantling of rebellions. While multiple ethnohistorical references exist regarding resettlement in the central Andes,
Francisco Garrido, Catalina Morales
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Counting and Arithmetic of the Inca [PDF]
Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática, 2012 The Inca Empire - the greatest pre-Columbian empire on the American continent - extended from Ecuador to central Chile for more than five thousand miles. Its capital was Cuzco established in the high Peruvian Andes.
Ximena Catepillán, Waclaw Szymanski
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Seabirds shaped the expansion of pre-Inca society in Peru. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis research investigates the influence of seabird guano on agriculture in the Chincha Valley of southern Peru through multi-isotopic, archaeological, and historical data.
Jacob L Bongers +5 more
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The application of Inca khipuas an accountability and managerial control tool [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Gestão De Negócios, 2017 Purpose – This study aims to present the mechanisms of control and accountability used in the Inca society. Design/methodology/approach – For this purpose, a bibliographical and documental analysis regarding the use of khipus in this civilization was ...
Paulo Schmidt, José Luiz dos Santos
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El ushnu y la organización espacial astronómica en la sierra central del Chinchaysuyu
Estudios Atacameños, 2005 El ushnu inca tuvo gran importancia en la dominación ideológica en los wamani del Chinchaysuyu. Este artículo ofrece nuevas interpretaciones basadas principalmente en evidencias encontradas en Huánuco Pampa y otros tampus de la sierra central.
José Luis Pino
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PERIPHERY/CORE RELATIONS IN THE INCA EMPIRE CARROTS AND STICKS IN AN ANDEAN WORLD SYSTEM
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2015 The Inca Empire exhibited labor exploitation and the rational extraction of resources from peripheral polities by a core polity. These characteristics fit the general definition of a world empire, although core/periphery relations were diverse.
Lawrence A. Kuznar
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Estudios Atacameños, 2005 Se presentan evidencias arqueológicas inca registradas en la sección superior del valle de Ricrán, sierra central del Perú. Tras revisar la información correspondiente al Período Intermedio Tardío, se evalúa el carácter de la ocupación incaica en la ...
Manuel Perales
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Negociando el imperio: el Estado inca como culto
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2008 This paper makes a connection between the Inca belief system and the construction of a multi-ethnic state structure to reassess the motivating factors for Inca expansion.
Susan Elizabeth Ramírez
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Paullu y Manco ¿una diarquía inca en tiempos de conquista?
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2007 This work examines the nature of Inca Paullu’s relationship with Collasuyo that led Diego de Almagro (1535) and Gonzalo Pizarro (1538) to take him during the Spanish Conquest to the southern region of the Inca Empire.
Ximena Medinaceli
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Representations of western Amazonian indians on Inca colonial qeros
Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 2007 This article proposes to put together an iconographical analysis of Inca colonial qeros, offering an insight into Inca history where one can observe, in visual format, one of the media of expression the Incas used in order to disseminate their values and
Cristina Bertazoni
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