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The Distribution and Contents of Inca State Storehouses in the Xauxa Region of Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Terence N. D'Altroy  and
Christine A. Hastorf
Terence N. D'Altroy
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
Christine A. Hastorf
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

The activities of the Inca state in the Xauxa region of the Peruvian central highlands were partially supported by the stockpiling of agricultural, gathered, and craft goods in over 2,000 storehouses, distributed among 52 architectural complexes. The spatial organization and architectural standardization of the storage facilities suggest that the accumulation and disbursement of these goods within the province was centrally managed, but that material support for state projects was somewhat dispersed. Documentary sources indicate that the native Huanca population produced the goods stored and played a role in managing the storage system. Test excavations in six storehouses recovered all major prehistoric highland crop taxa–including maize, quinoa, potatoes, and lupine–and fragments of Inca storage vessels.

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American Antiquity , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 334 - 349
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1984

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