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The Provincial Organization of Inka Ceramic Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Terence N. D'Altroy  and
Ronald L. Bishop
Terence N. D'Altroy
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
Ronald L. Bishop
Affiliation:
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Museum Support Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.20560
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Abstract

The Inka empire was supported by goods and services provided by both generalized and specialized labor. To gain insight into how goods were produced and distributed in the imperial economy, 173 sherds from Cuzco, Lake Titicaca, the upper Mantaro Valley, and Tarma were analyzed (INAA) for materials composition. Results show that production and consumption of Inka ceramics were focused within regions, although two plates probably made in Cuzco were among the Titicaca and Mantaro samples. Inka ceramics from the upper Mantaro were made from at least two sources of raw materials, both distinct from those used in local Wanka ceramics. Evidence suggests that the Inka provincial capital (Hatun Xauxa) and two Wanka towns obtained most of their Inka pots from either one or the other source. These results imply that the state controlled production of its ceramics regionally, starting at the source of the raw materials, and distributed the products of separate sources selectively.

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Résumé

El imperio Inka fue mantenido con bienes y servicios proveidos por rnano de obra generalizada y especializada. Para comprender como se distribuían y producían los bienes dentro de la economía imperial, fueron analizados (AINA) 173 tiestos de cerárnica de Cusco, del Lago Titicaca, del valle del Río Mantaro Superior, y de Tarma para determinar su composición material. Los resultados meustran que la producción y el consumo de las cerámicas incaicas se realizaban dentro de coda region, aunque fueron encontrados dos platos probablemente hechos en Cusco en las mestras del Lago Titicaca y del Río Mantaro. La alfareria Inka del Mantaro Superior era producida con materiales de, al menos, dos fuentes de materias primas, distintas de las usadas para producir la cerámica Wanka local. La evidencia sugiere que el centro provincial Inka (Hatun Xauxa) y dos pueblos Wankas conseguían la mayoría de sus cerámicas de una u otra de estas fuentes. Estos resultados implican que el estado controlaba regionalmente la fabricación de su cerámica, empezando por las fuentes de materias primas, y distribuía los productos de cada fuente selectivamente.

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American Antiquity , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 120 - 138
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1990

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