Book
Agriculture and the onset of political inequality before the Inka
Cambridge University Press • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1993 • Pages: xv, 298
By: Hastorf, Christine Ann.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hastorf examines '…the nature of power and political differentiation … over a thousand-year period, from AD 200 until the Inka conquest in the fifteenth century….She also traces changes in agricultural production within the region, which she considers were fundamental to its social and political evolution….[She uses a] comprehensive and sophisticated methodology for studying prehistorical agriculture--based on the analysis of modern and prehistoric plant remains…' (page i). '[She] concludes that neither principle [neither hierarchy and conquest nor regulation and balanced opposition] gained total ascendance in the pre-Inka Sausa sequence…There is evidence of increased Wanka II political hierachy in several realms yet we can also see it lacking in other areas…But the Tunanmarca leaders did not gain control over the whole region. Their power was ephemeral in that they…did not have attached specialist producers, did not control most production, did not gain access to valley lands, and did not consolidate permanent hierarchical leadership….These elites perhaps had greater numbers of high-status products, but they also gave them away. The elite war leaders perhaps controlled decisions over more labor and land, but might lose them if the TINKU battles were lost. Regulatory mechanisms within the populace were strong…' (page 227). Only the material that pertains to the time period of the Andean Regional States (1000 B.P.-540 B.P.) was indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultual Materials) codes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Experimental data
- Sociocultural trends
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- Status, role, and prestige
- Community heads
- Territorial hierarchy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Andean Regional States
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000 BP-540 BP (1000 A.D.-1460 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Upper Mantaro Valley; Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Christine A. Hastorf
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-291) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities