An archaeological perspective on the Inka Provincial administration from the Southern Central Andes

SANTORO, CALOGERO M.; WILLIAMS V. I.; VALENZUELA, D.; ROMERO, ALVARO; STANDEN, VIVIEN

Distant Provinces in the Inka Empire: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Inka Imperialism

University of Iowa Press

Lugar: Iowa; Año: 2010; p. 44 - 74

The coastal valleys and the sierra and altiplano of Arica was not under indirect control by the Inka state, as it has been maintained elsewhere in the literature. We present archaeological evidence to support the idea that the coastal valleys were administered through a direct system that may be assimilated to the hegemonic model of control, as suggested by D?Altroy (1992). This direct system of control was based on ideological constrains, and implied a less invasive presence of the state, with low archaeological visibility in terms of monumental public installations. In the sierra and altiplano, instead, there was a territorial control (D`Altroy), which involved important state investment on visible administrative devices, which evidences we present within this state administrative frame. Political groups of the Titicaca region (i.e. pacaje, caranga, lupaca) played an important role in this process of state expansion.