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Report by Polo de Ondegardo
Narratives of the rites and laws of the Yncas, translated from the original Spanish manuscripts and edited with notes and an introduction by Clements R. Markham • London • Published In 1873 • Pages: 151-220
By: Polo de Ondegardo, d. 1575, Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account by a Spanish official who held office in Cuzco in 1560 offers a brief summary of the organization of the Inca state as it existed in pre-Columbian times. Inca expansion in both its military and religious aspects, tribute and taxation, government regulation of economic activities, and labor organization are briefly treated. Much of the material presented is based on Inca records and recollections of informants rather than first hand observation of a working state since the author did not come to Peru till some years after the conquest. The index, vocabulary list, and lists of names for the entire Markham volume appear with this source and apply as well to the de Molina and Pachacuti-yamqui Salcamayhua accounts which are also in this file (documents 8 and 7).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Place names
- Traditional history
- Vocabulary
- Transmission of messages
- Real property
- Personal names
- Clans
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Lawyer
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Betty Potash ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1545
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 800-400 BP (1200-1600 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Juan Polo de Ondegardo
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 05040440
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Incas