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The role of the tambo in the Inka administration: a view from the site of Ingatambo, Cajamarca-Jaen, Peru (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jose Peña.

Archaeological investigations conducted at the site of Ingatambo highlight the Inka imperial policy in the provinces, which relied on the use of local ethnic groups in the state bureaucracy. Colonial documentation noted the movement of coastal communities within the Inka Empire to the Cajamarca region in order to serve in the tambos. Pottery sherds from the Ingatambo site illustrate that the coastal communities charged with administrating this site continued to produce pottery following the...