Book
Inca civilization in Cuzco
University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Zuidema, R. Tom (Reiner Tom).
Abstract
Based on the detailed, if somewhat idealized and interpretative accounts of the sixteenth century Spanish chroniclers in Cuzco who presented data on multiple aspects of Inca civilization, such as the spatial and temporal dimensions of social organization, kinship, age-classes, irrigation, architecture, art, the calendar, religion, and history, this work by Zuidema attempts to provide a reconstruction of Inca ethnography using the information above and placing it in a setting of modern anthropological theory. The major themes in this document center around the organization of space in the Cuzco valley, irrigation, the administrative structure, the age-class system (especially in regard to women), the calendric rituals and myths, and kinship, with particular emphasis on the Royal Ayllu.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1980s
- Coverage Date
- 468-400 BP (1532-ca. 1600 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- City and Valley of Cuzco (Cusco), Peru
- Notes
- by R. Tom Zuidema ; translated from the French by Jean-Jacques Decoster ; foreword by Françoise Héritier-Augé
- Translation of: [La civilisation inca au Cuzco]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-101)
- LCCN
- 89077440
- LCSH
- Incas