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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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Ancient DNA reveals a family ossuary and long-distance migration on the Pacific coast before the Inca Empire [PDF]

Nature Communications
This paper tracks long-distance migration on the Pacific coast that began no later than the thirteenth century AD. Genome-wide data for 21 sampled individuals from the lower and middle Chincha Valley of southern Peru show shared ancestry with groups 700 ...
Jacob L. Bongers, Jordan A. Dalton, Erik J. Marsh, Juliana Gómez Mejía, Joshua R. Robinson, Jo Osborn, Emily B. P. Milton, Alexis Rodriguez Yabar, Irving Aragonéz Sarmiento, Noemi Oncebay Pizarro, Kalina Kassadjikova, Lars Fehren-Schmitz   +11 more
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Evolutionary genomic dynamics of Peruvians before, during, and after the Inca Empire. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018
Significance Through the Peruvian Genome Project we generate and analyze the genomes of 280 individuals where the majority have >90% Native American ancestry and explore questions at the interface of evolutionary genetics, history, anthropology, and ...
Harris DN, Song W, Shetty AC, Levano KS, Cáceres O, Padilla C, Borda V, Tarazona D, Tarazona D, Trujillo O, Sanchez C, Kessler MD, Galarza M, Capristano S, Montejo H, Flores-Villanueva PO, Tarazona-Santos E, O'Connor TD, Guio H.   +18 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Barter and Hierarchy: A Practical Perspective on Food, Society, and Knowledge in the Inca Empire

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
The Inca Empire developed a sophisticated system of food production, social organisation, and knowledge transmission without the use of money or writing. This article introduces the concept of a barter economy structured through hierarchical cooperation,
Luis-Felipe Arizmendi
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Seabirds shaped the expansion of pre-Inca society in Peru. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
This 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, Emily B P Milton, Jo Osborn, Dorothée G Drucker, Joshua R Robinson, Beth K Scaffidi   +5 more
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Modeling the Fall of the Inca Empire: A Lotka–Volterra Approach to the Spanish Conquest

Physics
The Spanish conquest of the Inca empire in the early 16th century stands as one of the most striking examples of asymmetric historical collapse. In this paper, a simplified mathematical formulation is developed being inspired by Lotka–Volterra dynamics ...
Nuno Crokidakis
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Agricultural Economics and Innovation in the Inca Empire

By studying the Inca Empire's agricultural accomplishments, we learn how ancient civilizations adapted to their circumstances, used natural resources effectively, and sustained agriculture for millennia. This understanding affects global food production systems as we face land degradation, climate change, and sustainable farming.
Luis-Felipe Arizmendi
openaire   +3 more sources

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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Steven Gullberg, 'Astronomy of the Inca Empire: Use and Significance of the Sun and the Night Sky'

Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 2023
Steven Gullberg, Astronomy of the Inca Empire: Use and Significance of the Sun and the Night SkyCham, Switzerland: Springer, 2020. E-Book, 370pp., 42 b/w illus., 275 colour illus. ISBN: 978-3-030-48366-1. £71.50.
Mônica Estrázulas, César Zen Vasconcellos   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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