Main entry:

Morris, Craig, 1939-2006, author.

Title & Author:

Huánuco Pampa : an Inca city and its hinterland / Craig Morris and Donald E. Thompson.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 1985.
©1985

Description:

181 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

New aspects of antiquity

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index.
An empire destroyed and rediscovered -- The Inca background for provincial Huánuco -- The Huánuco region according to early historical sources -- Huánuco Pampa: the architecture and ceramics -- Economy, ritual and the politics of provincial administration -- Subsistence and storage -- Roads, bridges and waystations: the infrastructure of Inca rule in the provinces -- The Chupaychu ethnicity -- Ethnic diversity in the Huánuco region -- Indirect rule and the ceremonies of state.

Summary:

"Ever since Pizarro and his small band of followers toppled the Inca Empire in 1532, scholars have been both fascinated and perplexed by this great Andean civilization. The largest empire of the New World, it stretched for over 2500 miles from northern Chile to Ecuador, linked by a remarkable network of roads along which the Inca armies and relays of messengers could travel. Autocratic control was exercised from the capital Cuzco by a divine despot, the Inca himself. But how exactly was the royal will carried out? To what extent was the empire a uniform, monolithic state, as is commonly supposed? And how did the Inca system of government operate at the regional level? In order to tackle these questions, the authors and their colleagues undertook fieldwork in the Huánuco region of the Peruvian Andes, comparing their results with a detailed sixteenth-century Spanish census in the same area. The main site, Huánuco Pampa, located high up on the royal road to Cuzco, is one of the most spectacular and best-preserved of all Inca cities. Excavations revealed an administrative center with impressive masonry, hillside storehouses, and a huge central plaza built to accommodate highly organized feasting and ceremonies, by means of which the Inca redistributed wealth and maintained their authority. Intriguingly, however, villages around the city retained much of their non-Inca character, and at the local level imperial power was exerted indirectly through the established leadership. This pioneering study, superbly illustrated with examples of Inca goldwork, ceramics and architecture, puts into new perspective an empire which -- without benefit of the wheel or writing as we know it -- created one of the world's richest civilizations." -- Book jacket

ISBN:

0500390207
9780500390207

Subject:

Incas Antiquities.
Indians of South America Peru Huánuco (Department) Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) Peru.
Incas Politics and government.
Indians of South America Peru Politics and government.
Excavations (Archaeology) Peru Huánuco.
Incas Politique et gouvernement.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Pérou Huánuco.
Incas Antiquités.
Incas Restos arqueológicos
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of South America Antiquities
Indians of South America Politics and government
Opgravingen.
Inka's.
Huánuco Pampa Site (Peru)
Huánuco (Peru : Department) Antiquities.
Peru Antiquities.
Huánuco (Peru : Dept.) Antiquities.
Huánuco (Pérou) Antiquités.
Pérou Antiquités.
Huánuco Pampa (Perú, Yacimiento)
Peru Huánuco
Peru
Peru Huánuco (Department)
Peru Huánuco Pampa Site
Peru Huánuco Pampa Inca antiquities Archaeological investigation

Added entries:

Thompson, Donald E. (Donald Enrique), 1931- author.
New aspects of antiquity (London, England)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 134881
Call No.: ID:86-B8421
Status: Available