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- The Oxford Handbook of the Incas
- Dedication
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Writing Inca History: the colonial era
- Andean Statecraft before the Incas
- The Spread of Inca Power in the Cuzco Region
- Cuzco: development of the imperial capital
- Conclusions: retracing the intellectual journey of Inca origins
- Royal Estates and Imperial Centers in the Cuzco Region
- Inca Imperial Strategies and Installations in Central Bolivia
- The Inca Center of Incallacta in the Southeastern Andes
- The Inca Centers of Tomebamba and Caranqui in Northern Chinchaysuyu
- Pachacamac and the Incas on the Coast of Peru
- Conclusions: the political economy of royal estates and imperial centers in the heartland and more distant provinces
- Inca Political Organization, Economic Institutions, and Infrastructure
- Cultivating Empire: Inca intensive agricultural strategies
- Fishing Economies and Ethnic Specialization under Inca Rule
- The <i>Acllacona</i> and <i>Mitmacona</i>: diet, ethnicity, and status
- Gender and Status in Inca Textile and Ceramic Craft Production
- Making the Typical Exceptional: the elevation of Inca cuisine
- Conclusions: reassessing Inca hard power
- Inca Colonial Encounters and Incorporation in Northern Argentina
- Inca Imperial Colonization in Northern Chile
- Inca Mining and Metal Production
- Chinchaysuyu and the Northern Inca Territory
- Inca Advances into the Southeastern Tropics: the Inca frontier in perspective
- Inca Transformations of the Chachapoya Region
- Inca Landscapes of Domination: rock art and community in north-central Chile
- Conclusions: Inca Imperial Identities: colonization, resistance, and hybridity
- The Ritual Landscape of the Inca: the <i>huacas</i> and <i>ceques</i> of Cuzco
- Rock Shrines, <i>Ceque</i> Lines, and Pilgrimage in the Inca Provinces
- The Inca State and Local Ritual Landscapes
- Inca Sacred Landscapes in the Titicaca Basin
- Peregrination and Rituality in the Southern Provinces
- Conclusions: sacred geographies and imperial expansion
- Inca Aesthetics and Scholarly Inquiry
- <i>Quipus</i> and <i>Yupanas</i> as Imperial Registers: reckoning and recording in Tahuantinsuyu
- The Development and Variation of Inca Architecture
- Garments, <i>Tocapu</i>, Status, and Identity: Inca and colonial perspectives
- The Iconography and Use of Inca and Colonial Drinking Vessels
- Conclusions: civilizing the Incas
- Transformations: evangelization, resettlement, and community organization in the early viceroyalty of Peru
- Colonial Demography and Bioarchaeology
- Vilcabamba: last stronghold of the Inca
- Inca Ancestry and Colonial Privilege
- Conclusions: colonial Incas and the myths of conquest
- Inca “Antiquities” in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- Reinventing the Incas in Contemporary Cuzco: the cases of Inti Raymi and Machu Picchu
- Performances of “Pasts”: spaces of indigeneity and heritage tourism in Cuzco
- Conclusions: Appropriating the Inca: the complexities of social memory
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
The only two imperial Inca centers still extant in the northernmost realm of Tahuantinsuyu are those of Tomebamba and Inca-Caranqui. In this chapter, the authors offer a comparative look at the archaeology of these royal settlements, reflecting on the location of the site in the context of the local landscape, architectural elements, and the physical layouts of each. Though the two sites represent different moments in the history of the Inca’s northward advance and, consequently, different stages in the imperializing process, their comparison serves to illuminate how the material strategies of the empire were sequenced and adapted to fit local circumstances.
Keywords: Inca, Caranqui, Tomebamba, archaeology, architecture
Tamara Bray
Tamara L. Bray Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University.
José Echeverría
José Echeverría Independent Scholar in Ecuador.
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- The Oxford Handbook of the Incas
- Dedication
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Writing Inca History: the colonial era
- Andean Statecraft before the Incas
- The Spread of Inca Power in the Cuzco Region
- Cuzco: development of the imperial capital
- Conclusions: retracing the intellectual journey of Inca origins
- Royal Estates and Imperial Centers in the Cuzco Region
- Inca Imperial Strategies and Installations in Central Bolivia
- The Inca Center of Incallacta in the Southeastern Andes
- The Inca Centers of Tomebamba and Caranqui in Northern Chinchaysuyu
- Pachacamac and the Incas on the Coast of Peru
- Conclusions: the political economy of royal estates and imperial centers in the heartland and more distant provinces
- Inca Political Organization, Economic Institutions, and Infrastructure
- Cultivating Empire: Inca intensive agricultural strategies
- Fishing Economies and Ethnic Specialization under Inca Rule
- The <i>Acllacona</i> and <i>Mitmacona</i>: diet, ethnicity, and status
- Gender and Status in Inca Textile and Ceramic Craft Production
- Making the Typical Exceptional: the elevation of Inca cuisine
- Conclusions: reassessing Inca hard power
- Inca Colonial Encounters and Incorporation in Northern Argentina
- Inca Imperial Colonization in Northern Chile
- Inca Mining and Metal Production
- Chinchaysuyu and the Northern Inca Territory
- Inca Advances into the Southeastern Tropics: the Inca frontier in perspective
- Inca Transformations of the Chachapoya Region
- Inca Landscapes of Domination: rock art and community in north-central Chile
- Conclusions: Inca Imperial Identities: colonization, resistance, and hybridity
- The Ritual Landscape of the Inca: the <i>huacas</i> and <i>ceques</i> of Cuzco
- Rock Shrines, <i>Ceque</i> Lines, and Pilgrimage in the Inca Provinces
- The Inca State and Local Ritual Landscapes
- Inca Sacred Landscapes in the Titicaca Basin
- Peregrination and Rituality in the Southern Provinces
- Conclusions: sacred geographies and imperial expansion
- Inca Aesthetics and Scholarly Inquiry
- <i>Quipus</i> and <i>Yupanas</i> as Imperial Registers: reckoning and recording in Tahuantinsuyu
- The Development and Variation of Inca Architecture
- Garments, <i>Tocapu</i>, Status, and Identity: Inca and colonial perspectives
- The Iconography and Use of Inca and Colonial Drinking Vessels
- Conclusions: civilizing the Incas
- Transformations: evangelization, resettlement, and community organization in the early viceroyalty of Peru
- Colonial Demography and Bioarchaeology
- Vilcabamba: last stronghold of the Inca
- Inca Ancestry and Colonial Privilege
- Conclusions: colonial Incas and the myths of conquest
- Inca “Antiquities” in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- Reinventing the Incas in Contemporary Cuzco: the cases of Inti Raymi and Machu Picchu
- Performances of “Pasts”: spaces of indigeneity and heritage tourism in Cuzco
- Conclusions: Appropriating the Inca: the complexities of social memory
- Index
