Anthropological History of Andean Polities

Table of Contents

Introduction John V. Murra and Nathan Wachtel
Part I. Ecology and Society:
1. The tropical Andes: a changing mosaic Oliver Dollfus
2. The evolution of a valley: population and resources of Tarapaca over a millenium Lautaro Nunez
3. 'Horizons' in Andean archaeology Ana Maria Lorandi
Part II. The Ethnic Group and the State:
4. The expansion of the Inka state: armies, war and rebellions John V. Murra
5. Storage, supply and redistribution in the economy of the Inka state Craig Morris
6. The extraction of precious metals at the time of the Inka Jean Berthelot
7. Vertical politics on the Inka frontier Frank Salomon
Part III. Systems of Classification:
8. Some aspects of the Inka kinship system Floyd G. Lounsbury
9. The classification and naming of South American camelids Jorge A. Flores Ochoa
10. The semiology of Andean textiles: the talegas of Isluga Veronica Cereceda
Part IV. Symbolic Representations and Practices:
11. Inka dynasty and irrigation: another look at Andean concepts of history R. T. Zuidema
12. Urco and uma: Aymara concepts of space Therese Bouysse-Cassagne
13. Mirrors and maize: the concept of yanantin among the Macha of Bolivia Tristan Platt
14. From asymmetry to triangle: symbolic transformations in northern Potosi Olivia Harris
Part V. From Ethnic Polities to Communities:
15. Men of the water: the Uru problem (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) Nathan Wachtel
16. The ethnic groups in the valleys of Larecaja: from descent to residence Thierry Saignes
17. The Andean community today Antoinette Molinie-Fioravanti
Bibliography
Index.

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