Encyclopedia of the Incas
A triple-jamb niche at Pilco Kayma, a two-story structure on the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca. Once ...
prayed at local shrines. They sailed for the islands in reed boats, continuing via paved roads to the sanc ...
K KEROS Keros are wooden versions of an important type of Inca drinking vessel; gold or silver keros a ...
The differences between their size (from 2.5 centimeters [1 inch] in height to 78.2 centimeters [2.5 feet] i ...
and if the gifts were not accepted, the Incas would attack and the heads of the leaders were converted into ...
indigenous communities have been able to keep keros as prized possessions. They are carefully wrappe ...
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and their success on the throne. As noted above, these individuals sometimes ruled in the place of a king ...
Covey, R. Alan. “Chronology, Succession, and Sovereignty: The Politics of Inka Historiography and Its Modern ...
could stand in for him in official acts. The icon of the founder, Manco Capac, was known as “falcon,” P ...
In major ceremonies, the mummies of the deceased rulers and their wives were brought forth on litters and arrayed ...
L LABOR SERVICE The Incas were unusual among preindustrial empires in relying on labor service (mit’a) as the fu ...
production, but were obligated to work for the Incas as a condition of keeping their own resources. The relat ...
Men and women provided their labor to the empire by tilling fields and sowing seeds. Guaman Poma de Ayala, Feli ...
labor-yielding services may have been assessed by proportions of units of 1,000 households, while labor th ...
copper (?) specialists pigment (?) specialists guardians of sacred objects/locations feathered-cloth weavers: fine, or ...
In addition to the broadly applied labor taxes, the Incas committed significant numbers of people to specialized ...
Floor mats being carried to the bridge of Queshuachaca, (see Bridges) during the annual rebuilding of the ...
The first expedition, led by Pascual de Andagoya, only reached 50 miles south of Panama, to a river known as ...
In his account, Nueva Córonica, the indigenous chronicler Guaman Poma represents Andean peoples and ...
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