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Recognising strategies for conquered territories: a case study from the Inka North Calchaquí Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Félix A. Acuto ,
Andrés Troncoso  and
Alejandro Ferrari
Félix A. Acuto
Affiliation:
IMHICIHU-CONICET, Saavedra 15, Piso 5, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Email: facuto@gmail.com)
Andrés Troncoso
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Chile, Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Ñuñoa Santiago, Chile (Email: atroncos@uchile.cl)
Alejandro Ferrari
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Buenos Aires, Puan 470, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Email: alejandroferra@gmail.com)
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In this detailed study of fifteenth-century settlements in Argentina, the authors show how the Inka did not just use force, production and ritual to subdue the indigenous population. The conquerors' strategy included the re-ordering of settlement plans, routeways and landscape, class separation and even the imposition of a rigorous discipline on the indigenous vision, controlling what could be seen looking out or looking in. The material readings made in these South American examples have much to offer to archaeologists working in colonial periods elsewhere.

Keywords

ArgentinaInkafifteenth century ADempirecolonialismsettlementlandscapeuse of spacepathwaysviewsheds
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Research article
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Antiquity , Volume 86 , Issue 334 , December 2012 , pp. 1141 - 1154
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2012

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