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Conquest and Consolidation: A Comparison of the Wari and Inka Occupations of a Highland Peruvian Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Katharina J. Schreiber
Katharina J. Schreiber*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Abstract

A recent archaeological survey was conducted of a highland Peruvian valley in order to evaluate the effect on a local culture of the expansion of empires. The strategy employed in the consolidation of a region under an imperial administrative structure is the result of two general factors: the needs of the empire, and the level of extant local political organization. Evidence of Wari and Inka imperial facilities in the Carahuarazo Valley is interpreted in light of changes in the local culture during each occupation to provide a more complete picture of this process. A relatively greater Wari presence and lesser Inka presence are interpreted as the result of differing administrative needs on the part of the respective empires, as well as differing local systems at the time of each conquest. Similarities in goods and services extracted by each empire serve to indicate that although imperial strategies differed, the end result of consolidation of the area into each empire was roughly similar.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 266 - 284
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1987

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