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Community Formation and the Emergence of the Inca
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2019 Assembling States: Community Formation And The meE rgence Of The ncI a Empire Thomas John Hardy University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Recommended Citation Hardy, Thomas John, "Assembling States: Community Formation And The meE rgence Of The ncaI Empire" (2019). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 3245. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/3245 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/3245 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Assembling States: Community Formation And The meE rgence Of The Inca Empire Abstract This dissertation investigates the processes through which the Inca state emerged in the south-central Andes, ca. 1400 CE in Cusco, Peru, an area that was to become the political center of the largest indigenous empire in the Western hemisphere. Many approaches to this topic over the past several decades have framed state formation in a social evolutionary framework, a perspective that has come under increasing critique in recent years. I argue that theoretical attempts to overcome these problems have been ultimately confounded, and in order to resolve these contradictions, an ontological shift is needed. I adopt a relational perspective towards approaching the emergence of the Inca state – in particular, that of assemblage theory. Treating states and other complex social entities as assemblages means understanding them as open-ended and historically individuated phenomena, emerging from centuries or millennia of sociopolitical, cultural, and material engagements with the human and non-human world, and constituted over the longue durée. -
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“Beggar on a Throne of Gold: A Short History of Bolivia” by Robert W. Jones, Jr. 6 Veritas is a land of sharp physical and social contrasts. Although blessed with Benormousolivia mineral wealth Bolivia was (and is) one of the poorest nations of Latin America and has been described as a “Beggar on a Throne of Gold.” 1 This article presents a short description of Bolivia as it appeared in 1967 when Che Guevara prepared to export revolution to the center of South America. In Guevara’s estimation, Bolivia was ripe for revolution with its history of instability and a disenfranchised Indian population. This article covers the geography, history, and politics of Bolivia. Geography and Demographics Bolivia’s terrain and people are extremely diverse. Since geography is a primary factor in the distribution of the population, these two aspects of Bolivia will be discussed together. In the 1960s Bolivian society was predominantly rural and Indian unlike the rest of South America. The Indians, primarily Quechua or Aymara, made up between fifty to seventy percent of the population. The three major Indian dialects are Quechua, Aymara, and Guaraní. The remainder of the population were whites and mixed races (called “mestizos”). It is difficult to get an accurate census because The varied geographic regions of Bolivia make it one of the Indians have always been transitory and there are the most climatically diverse countries in South America. cultural sensitivities. Race determines social status in Map by D. Telles. Bolivian society. A mestizo may claim to be white to gain vegetation grows sparser towards the south, where social status, just as an economically successful Indian the terrain is rocky with dry red clay. -
An Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Well Being Among Indigenous Groups in the Andes Region
AN EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTH AND WELL BEING AMONG INDIGENOUS GROUPS IN THE ANDES REGION By HALIMA TAHIRKHELI Integrated Studies Project submitted to Dr. Leslie Johnson in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts – Integrated Studies Athabasca, Alberta June, 2010 2 Table of Content Abstract p.3 Introduction p.4 Andean Native Traditional Way of Life p.9 Environmental Change in the Andean Region p.12 Environmental Stress of Alpine Plants p.23 Impact of Climate Change on Natural Resources p.29 Microfinance p.40 Conclusion p.50 References p.52 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1 Map of Peru p.12 Figure 2 Surface Air Temperature at p.19 tropical Andes between 1939 and 2006 Figure 3 Change in length of ten tropical Andean p.23 glaciers from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia between 1930-2005 Figure 4 Picture of the Queen of the Andes p.25 Table 1 The Diet of Nunoa Quechua Natives p.30 Table 2 Nutritional Value of the Major Peruvian p.32-33 Andean Crops Table 3 Uses of Medicinal Plants from the Callejon p.38 de Huaylas 3 Abstract The Andean areas of Peru, South America are declared to be extremely vulnerable to global warming and these regions are facing major challenges in coping with climate change. One native group from this area, in particular, the Quechua, is the focus of this paper. The Quechua communities include Huanca, Chanka, Q’ero, Taquile, and Amantani, but, for the purposes of my analysis, all of these groups will be dealt with together as they share similar use of natural resources for food and medicine (Wilson, 1999). -
Inca Statehood on the Huchuy Qosqo Roads Advisor
Silva Collins, Gabriel 2019 Anthropology Thesis Title: Making the Mountains: Inca Statehood on the Huchuy Qosqo Roads Advisor: Antonia Foias Advisor is Co-author: None of the above Second Advisor: Released: release now Authenticated User Access: No Contains Copyrighted Material: No MAKING THE MOUNTAINS: Inca Statehood on the Huchuy Qosqo Roads by GABRIEL SILVA COLLINS Antonia Foias, Advisor A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Anthropology WILLIAMS COLLEGE Williamstown, Massachusetts May 19, 2019 Introduction Peru is famous for its Pre-Hispanic archaeological sites: places like Machu Picchu, the Nazca lines, and the city of Chan Chan. Ranging from the earliest cities in the Americas to Inca metropolises, millennia of urban human history along the Andes have left large and striking sites scattered across the country. But cities and monuments do not exist in solitude. Peru’s ancient sites are connected by a vast circulatory system of roads that connected every corner of the country, and thousands of square miles beyond its current borders. The Inca road system, or Qhapaq Ñan, is particularly famous; thousands of miles of trails linked the empire from modern- day Colombia to central Chile, crossing some of the world’s tallest mountain ranges and driest deserts. The Inca state recognized the importance of its road system, and dotted the trails with rest stops, granaries, and religious shrines. Inca roads even served directly religious purposes in pilgrimages and a system of ritual pathways that divided the empire (Ogburn 2010). This project contributes to scholarly knowledge about the Inca and Pre-Hispanic Andean civilizations by studying the roads which stitched together the Inca state. -
Sin, Confession, and the Arts of Book- and Cord-Keeping: an Intercontinental and Transcultural Exploration of Accounting and Governmentality
Sin, Confession, and the Arts of Book- and Cord-Keeping: An Intercontinental and Transcultural Exploration of Accounting and Governmentality The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Urton, Gary. 2009. Sin, confession, and the arts of book- and cord- keeping: An intercontinental and transcultural exploration of accounting and governmentality. Comparative Studies in Society and History 51(4): 801–831. Published Version doi:10.1017/S0010417509990144 Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3716616 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA Comparative Studies in Society and History 2009;51(4):801–831. 0010-4175/09 $15.00 # Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History, 2009 doi:10.1017/S0010417509990144 Sin, Confession, and the Arts of Book- and Cord-Keeping: An Intercontinental and Transcultural Exploration of Accounting and Governmentality GARY URTON Harvard University INTRODUCTION My objective is to examine an intriguing and heretofore unrecognized conver- gence in the history of bookkeeping. The story revolves around an extraordi- nary parallelism in the evolution of bookkeeping and the philosophical and ethical principles underlying the practice of accounting between southern Europe and Andean South America during the two centuries or so prior to the Spanish invasion of the Inka Empire in 1532. The event of the European invasion of the Andes brought these two similar yet distinct trans-Atlantic tra- ditions of “bookkeeping” and accounting into violent confrontation. -
Ucla Archaeology Field School
THE SONDOR BIOARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT, PERU Session 1: June 18 – July 15, 2017 Session 2: July 16– August 12, 2017 FIELD SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Dr. Danielle S. Kurin, University of California, Santa Barbara ([email protected]) At this time, no credit units are awarded for this field school. Students will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program. However, students are encouraged to present this syllabus to their advisors and petition their home university for awarding credit units internally. The IFR is standing by to help students with this endeavor. INTRODUCTION The Sondor Bioarchaeology Project investigates the enigmatic fate of the Chanka society of ancient Peru. The Chanka emerged in the south-central Andean highlands around 1000 CE. Today, they are well known through Colonial-era documents and oral history as vicious warriors who were ultimately vanquished by the Inca Empire in the early 15th century. But what became of Chanka society after their spectacular defeat? This project, situated at Sondor, the premier Inca-Chanka site in the region, employs the full spectrum of bioarchaeological methods to reveal the biological and social consequences of "growing up Chanka” in the face of Inca imperial conquest. THE HISTORY OF SONDOR The history of Sondor begins during an era known as the Late Intermediate Period (1000-1400 CE). This dynamic period in prehistory was characterized by a range of overlapping social, political, and environmental changes. Many of these transformations were spurred by the fragmentation of the twin Wari and Tiwanaku empires. Most notably, during this “dark age,” local people experienced recurring warfare. -
Culture and Breastfeeding Duration in Peru and Bolivia
Culture and Breastfeeding duration in Peru and Bolivia Juliano Assun¸c~ao∗ Soraya Rom´any June 24, 2019 Abstract In this paper, we study the effect of ethnic beliefs/preferences on breastfeeding practices in Peru and Bolivia. Comparing the breastfeeding practices of rural-to-urban migrants living in the same location by their ethnicity, we find Aymara mothers breastfeed longer than Quechua and Non-indigenous mothers. This is consistent with anthropological studies on Andean culture (Quechua and Aymara ethnic groups). The breastfeed- ing difference remains significant for urban children with an Aymara grandmother or Aymara great grandparents, and it increases with the presence of an additional child- bearing-age woman in the household. Furthermore, using geographic information and 1830's population statistics, we find that places with higher Indigenous-Spanish colony interaction are correlated with larger current breastfeeding differences. Keywords: breastfeeding behaviour, cultural traits, rural-to-urban migrants JEL Codes: I12, Z13 ∗PUC-Rio yUPB 1 Introduction Growing empirical evidence shows that culture plays a role in the determination of human behaviour. The evidence is based on the study of populations of immigrants and their descendants, who behave differently in a common economic and institutional context because of their inherited values and social beliefs (See Fern´andez(2010); Alesina and Giuliano(2015) for literature review). As recent examples we can mention the paper of Atkin(2016) on tastes and nutrition in India, and the paper of Christopoulou and Lillard(2015) on smoking behaviour in immigrants. The former attempts to quantify the effect of tastes on the family caloric intake. The latter addresses the importance of cultural dynamics on smoking, which is part of a group of economic behaviours that may be influenced by global cultural tendencies. -
Dates and Events
Dates and events 1898-99 Liberal Party comes to power; rise of tin mining 1899 Federal War 1932-35 Chaco War; Bolivia defeated by Paraguay 1942 Massacre at Catavi mine kills more than 40 people 1943-46 Military- MNR reformist government 1946-52 Extreme right-wing rule c. 1000 AD Aymara empire of Tiawanaku at its 1952 Revolution: MNR brought to power by height mass uprising; foundation of the COB; c. 1200 Collapse of Tiawanaku empire universal suffrage; nationalisation of major mines 1200-1450 Aymara kingdoms 1953 Agrarian Reform 1450 Inca invasion 1956 IMF 'stabilisation' plan 1532 Spanish conquest of Andes begins 1964-78 Military rule 1538 Discovery of silver in Potosi 1967 New Constitution (still in use) 1781-83 Rebellion of Tupaj Katari and Tupaj Amaru threatens Spanish control of Alto 1970 Teoponte guerrilla force defeated. Peru Juan Jose Torres takes power. 1809 Revolt against the Spanish, La Paz 1971 Hugo Banzer leads military coup 1825 Independence, 6 August 1974 Banzer consolidates his power 1879-83 War of the Pacific. Chile takes coastal 1978-82 Political chaos; three general provinces and Bolivia loses outlet to the sea elections; various military coups 1884-98 Silver-mining oligarchy rules through 1980 'Narco-coup' by Garcia Meza and Arce the Conservative Party Gomez 86 BOLIVIA 1982-85 Siles Zuazo (Union Democrdtica y 1990 First March for Territory, Dignity, and life Popular) President by lowland indigenous people 1985 World-record hyperinflation (22,000 per 1992 Free-trade zone at Ilo (Pacific Coast) cent per annum) instituted -
Ethnomathematics of the Inkas
Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 2008 10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_8647 Helaine Selin Ethnomathematics of the Inkas Thomas E. Gilsdorf Without Abstract Under the shade of a tree some women are sitting. They are watching over several children, but at the same time their bodies are subtly swaying and their hands are busy moving threads. These women are weaving. As they talk among themselves, calculations are occurring: 40 × 2, 20 × 2, 10 × 2, etc. On their weaving tools symmetric patterns of geometric and animal figures are slowing emerging, produced from years of experience in counting and understanding symmetric properties. The procedures they follow have been instructed to them verbally as has been done for thousands of years, and they follow it precisely, almost subconsciously. In fact, these women are doing mathematics. They are calculating pairs of threads in blocks of tens (10, 20, and so on) and determining which colors of threads must go in which places so that half of emerging figures will be exactly copied across an axis of symmetry. These women, and likely some girls who are learning from them, are not writing down equations or scratching out the calculations on a notepad. Remarkably, the weaving is done from memory. Weaving has existed in most cultures around the world, so the events and hence the mathematics in the previous paragraph could occur almost anywhere. In our case, we are going to consider the mathematics of the South American cultural group of the Quechua‐speaking Inkas (Incas). -
Documenting the History of Inca Precious Metal Production Using Geochemical
Documenting the History of Inca Precious Metal Production Using Geochemical Techniques from Lake Sediments in the Andahuaylas Region of Peru by Molly Kane B.S. in Geology, B.A. in Environmental Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2011 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Pittsburgh in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh 2011 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES This thesis was presented by Molly Kane It was defended on March 30, 2011 and approved by Colin Cooke, PhD, Yale University Charles Jones, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Mark Collins, MFA, University of Pittsburgh Thesis Director: Mark Abbott, PhD, University of Pittsburgh ii Copyright © by Molly Kane 2011 iii Documenting the History of Inca Precious Metal Production Using Geochemical Techniques from Lake Sediments in the Andahuaylas Region of Peru Molly Kane, B.S. University of Pittsburgh, 2011 The process of studying heavy metal concentrations in lake sediments in order to reconstruct pollution history has been used in a variety of environments and locations. Laguna Pacucha is one in a series of metal pollution studies from Peru and Bolivia, an area with a rich history of metallurgy. Laguna Pacucha lies in the Andahuaylas region of Peru, 145 km west of Cuzco, the Inca capital, and 20 km west of Curamba, a presumed ancient smelting site. The sediment record of Laguna Pacucha reveals a metal record that dates beyond 1225 AD. A major density change ~1225 AD, concurrent with a known period of drought, inhibits the possibility of a reliable age model below this point. -
Settlement Organization and Architecture in Late Intermediate Period Chachapoyas, Northeastern Peru
SETTLEMENT ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE IN LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD CHACHAPOYAS, NORTHEASTERN PERU Anna Guengerich Chachapoya societies that lived on the forested eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru between A.D. 1000 and 1450 remain largely absent from broader narratives of the Andean Late Intermediate period (LIP). This paper argues that envi - ronmentally deterministic frameworks and lingering Inka biases have led scholars to problematically isolate Chachapoyans from their highland contemporaries. This work reviews three aspects of Chachapoya built environments— settlement pat - terning, internal organization, and architectural style— in order to provide a baseline for comparison with other regions. Chachapoyas shared a pattern of hilltop settlement locations with nearly all of the highlands, which suggests that its inhab - itants faced the same shared factors that prompted changes in settlement organization on a massive scale in this region during the LIP. At the same time, comparison of Chachapoya built environments with others of the northern, central, and southern highlands highlights the considerable diversity within and between regions. This demonstrates that Chachapoyas is best interpreted as simply one of many regions that were characterized by distinctive spatialities and architectural forms. These reflected locally specific cultural practices and social institutions. Including Chachapoyas and other regions of the Eastern Andes in accounts of the LIP underscores the diversity and dynamism that characterized this period -
1). RED VIAL NACIONAL La Red Vial Nacional Esta Compuesta Por Tres
ANEXO 1). RED VIAL NACIONAL La Red Vial Nacional esta compuesta por tres (03) Ejes Longitudinales y veinte (20) Ejes Tranversales. a) EJES LONGITUDINALES La Red Vial Nacional Longitudinal esta compuesta por tres (03) Ejes (PE-1, PE-3 y PE-5), los mismos que se dividen con trayectorias norte y sur respectivamente. Dos (02) en la Longitudinal de la Costa cuyo “Km. 0+000” se encuentra en el Intercambio Vial Santa Anita (PE-1N para el Norte y PE-1S para el Sur). Dos (02) en la Longitudinal de la Sierra cuyo “Km. 0+000” se encuentra en la Repartición La Oroya (PE-3N para el Norte y PE-3S para el Sur) y Dos (02) en la Longitudinal de la Selva cuyo “Km. 0+000” se encuentra en el Puente Reither (PE-5N para el Norte y PE-5S para el Sur). Adicionalmente a los tres (03) ejes longitudinales decritos anteriormente, existen catorce (14) variantes y ventiseis (26) ramales, como se describe a continuación: a.1. Longitudinal de la costa o Eje Nº PE-1 Une la frontera norte con el Ecuador en cuatro puntos: Nvo. Pte.Internacional de La Paz (PE-1N), Pte. Internacional Aguas Verdes (PE-1N O ramal), El Alamor (PE-1N N ramal) y Pte. Macará (PE-1N L ramal), y en un punto con la frontera sur con Chile, en La Concordia (PE-1S). Inicia su recorrido en el Km.0+000 ubicado en el centro del I.V. Santa Anita, en el distrito de Ate, provincia de Lima, departamento de Lima. Hacia el norte la ruta se identifica con la letra “N”, siendo su denominación: “PE-1N”.