Inca and Local Household Economic Interactions in the Chinchaysuyo, Asia Valley, Peru

Summary

Empires establish large scale interregional interaction networks with their provinces. Along with these large scale networks, pre-imperial small scale local economic interaction networks may continue (endure), diminish (decrease) or intensify (increase). Within this context, Imperial and local economic networks create a more complex web of interactions capable of been examined at the household level. In the Chinchaysuyo, the Inca conquered several coastal groups and established a range of different economic interactions with them. My research focuses in the Asia valley, which unlike the near Chincha or Cañete Valleys, appears like a modest region with scant resources of political-economic interest for the state. Nevertheless, Inca-era settlements are ubiquitous throughout the valley. Using statistical SPSS analysis, I examine the distribution and consumption of Inca and Local ceramics collected from household contexts of the Asia Valley, as a means to explore and discuss the nature of political and economic relationships established between the Inca state and distinct social segments (elite and non-elite) of the valley communities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Colonial Encounters in the Prehispanic Andes

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