Intermediate Elites in Pre-columbian States And Empires

Preface vii 1 Intermediate Elites in New World States and Empires Christina M. Elson and R. Alan Covey 3(18) 2 Resistance Strategies and Early State Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico Charles S. Spencer and Elsa M. Redmond 21(23) 3 Intermediate Elites and the Political Landscape of the Early Zapotec State Christina M. Elson 44(24) 4 Intermediate-Elite Agency in the Wari Empire: The Bioarchaeological and Mortuary Evidence Tiffiny A. Tung and Anita G. Cook 68(26) 5 The Role of Intermediate Elites in the Balkanization and Reformation of Post-Wari Society in Nasca, Peru Christina A. Conlee and Katharina Schreiber 94(18) 6 Intermediate Elites in the Inka Heartland, A.D. 1000-1500 R. Alan Covey 112(24) 7 The Management of Scale or the Creation of Scale: Administrative Processes in Two Inka Provinces Craig Morris and R. Alan Covey 136(18) 8 The Role of Provincial Elites in the Aztec Empire Frances Berdan 154(12) 9 Provincial Elites and the Limits of Dominant Ideology in the Aztec Empire Elizabeth Brumfiel 166(9) 10 Collagua "Eco-Logistics": Intermediate Elites and Hybrid Community Structures in the Colca Valley, Peru Steven Wernke 175(37) 11 Identifying Elites and Their Strategies Joyce Marcus 212(35) References 247(42) List of Contributors 289(6) Index 295