(Ebook) Paria La Viexa : pre-Hispanic Settlement Patterns in the Paria Basin, Bolivia and its Inka Provincial Center by Alice Choyke; László Bartosiewicz; Carola Condarco Castellón; Veronika Szilágyi; János Gyarmati; Renée Bonzani ISBN 9789639540897, 9639540897

(Ebook) Paria La Viexa : pre-Hispanic Settlement Patterns in the Paria Basin, Bolivia and its Inka Provincial Center by Alice Choyke; László Bartosiewicz; Carola Condarco Castellón; Veronika Szilágyi; János Gyarmati; Renée Bonzani ISBN 9789639540897, 9639540897

The ethnohistoric investigations based on written sources played a decisive role in the study of the Inka Empire until the mid-20th century. The archaeological research of this period principally concentrated on the heartland of the Inka Empire and contributed little to a better understanding of the empire’s administrative system and the role played by the conquered areas in the political economy. In this regard, the fi rst change came with Menzel’s (1959: 129) analysis, based on the archaeological record and colonial documents, in which she demonstrated the different strategies employed by the Inka state in the administration of certain southern Peruvian coastal valleys. Likewise, the combined evidence from colonial sources such as the visita of Huánuco (Díez de San Miguel 1964 [1567]) and from archaeological research (Morris et al. 2011; Morris–Thompson 1970, 1985) highlighted the role of Huánuco Pampa, the prototype of provincial centers, in the economic and administrative system of the Inka Empire, as well as the relationship between Huánuco Pampa and the region’s various ethnic groups. This project marked the start of long-term research which sought to examine the role of provincial centers functioning as administrative and economic hubs, and the relation between these centers and the surrounding regions (D’Altroy 1992; D’Altroy et al. 2000, 2007; D’Altroy–Hastorf 2001; Gyarmati–Varga 1999; Idrovo Urigüen 2000; Julien 1983; Malpass 1993; Malpass–Alconini 2010; Matos Mendieta 1994; Morris–Santillana 2007). The principal goal of research in this fi eld, recently summarized by Charles Stanish (2001), was to gain a better understanding of the expansion and administration of the Inka Empire. The information contained in the ethnohistoric sources turned out to be crucial in many respects because in addition to contributing to the interpretation of archaeological fi ndings, these Colonial documents also shed light on the many dimensions of the relations between the…