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Tradition summary: Inca

HRAFNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2004 • Pages:

By: Bray, Tamara L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Inka Tradition.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Inka
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
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
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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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2003
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
800-468 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina
NotesAdditional notes
Tamara Bray
This tradition summary is from the article, 'Inca,' by Tamara Bray in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory Vol. 7, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Incas