book chapter
Wanka society before the Inkas: [Chapter 4]
Provincial power in the Inka empire • Washington • Published In 1992 • Pages: 4, 47-70, 232-234
By: D'Altroy, Terence N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The intent of this article is to present a sketch of Wanka society (Wanka I and II) as it existed in the Late Intermediate Period in the Upper Mantaro and Yanamarca Valleys of Peru prior to the Inca (Inka) conquest. The author describes the two major ethnic groups in the area -- the Xauxas and Wankas (both collectively referred to in the text as Wankas), the territory, demography, and language of the region, socio-political organization, and archaeological settlement patterns, with particular emphasis on the Wanka II period (650 B.P.-540 B.P. or 1350-1460 A.D.).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Population
- Linguistic identification
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Household
- 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 chapter
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Late Intermediate Period -- 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 and Yanamarca valleys, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Terence N. D'Altroy
- For bibliographical references see 3: D'Altroy
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91017476
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities