The Inca World : The Development of Pre-Columbian Peru, A.D. 1000-1534

Introduction: The Archaeological-Cultural Area of Peru 7(35) Laura Laurencich Minelli Religious Belief in Pre-Columbian Peru 7(2) Periods and Horizons 9(1) Historical and Archaeological Sources 10(2) The Environment 12(3) Ancient Peru during the Late Intermediate Period and the Inca Horizon 15(1) The Reasons for this Volume 16(1) The Contributions 16(19) Color Plates: Introduction 17(18) PART ONE: THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD 35(106) The ``Senorios'' in the Sierra and the Central Coast 37(12) Ramiro Matos Mendieta Introduction 37(2) The Northern Sierra 39(3) The Central Sierra 42(2) The Titicaca Alitiplano 44(1) The Southern Sierra 45(1) The Extreme Southern Coast 45(1) The Central Coast 46(3) The Late Prehispanic Coastal States 49(62) Izumi Shimada Introduction 49(2) The Sican Culture 51(13) Chimu State 64(42) Color Plates: Part One 65(41) Chincha 106(4) Conclusion 110(1) The Art of the Late Intermediate Period 111(10) Cecilia Bakula Ceramics 111(3) Textiles 114(3) Feather Art 117(1) Goldwork 117(3) Chimu Architecture 120(1) The Role of the Ceja de Selva in the Cultural Development of Pre-Columbian Peru 121(12) Duccio Bonavia Introduction 121(1) The Geography of the Ceja de Selva 121(2) Links between the Ceja de Selva, the Sierra, and the Coast 123(6) Agricultural Produce in the Ceja de Selva 129(1) The Roads 129(1) The Eastward Expansion of the Farming Frontier 130(1) Agricultural Colonization 131(2) The Origins of the Incas and the Chanca Question 133(8) Duccio Bonavia The Incas between Legend and History 133(1) The ``Other'' Groups 134(1) The Incas Begin to Assert Themeselves: Myth, Archaeology, and the Chronicles 135(2) The Chanca 137(4) PART TWO: THE INCA HORIZON 141(82) The Incas 143(46) Maria Rostworowski Introduction 143(1) The Myths of the Origin of the Incas 143(1) The Beginnings of Inca ``History'' 144(33) Color Plates: Part Two 145(32) Reciprocity 177(1) Power and Succession 178(1) Religion 179(1) The ``Quipu'' 179(1) The Dual Power System 180(1) The Economic Resources of the State 180(3) Economic Models 183(2) Conclusions 185(4) The Inca ``Quipu'' 189(4) Laura Laurencich Minelli The Reading of the ``Quipu'' 189(3) The Literary ``Quipu'' 192(1) Inca Architecture 193(26) Jean-Pierre Protzen Introduction 193(3) The Architecture 196(8) Site and Town Planning 204(8) Construction Technology 212(4) Conclusion 216(3) The Art of the Incas 219(4) Cecilia Bakula Notes 223(5) Bibliography 228(12) Credits 240