GORDON F. McEWAN
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780197265031
- eISBN:
- 9780191754142
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197265031.003.0010
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, American History: pre-Columbian BCE to 500CE
Linguistic studies have shown that the traditional idea that the expansion of the Inca Empire was the driving force behind the spread of all Quechua cannot be correct. Across much of its ...
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Linguistic studies have shown that the traditional idea that the expansion of the Inca Empire was the driving force behind the spread of all Quechua cannot be correct. Across much of its distribution, Quechua has far greater time-depth than can be accounted for by the short-lived Inca Empire. Linguistics likewise suggests that Aymara spread not from the south into Cuzco in the late Pre-Inca period, but also from an origin to the north. Alternative explanations must be sought for the expansion of these language families in the culture history of the Andes. Archaeological studies over the past two decades now provide a broad, generally agreed-upon outline of the cultural history of the Cuzco region. This chapter applies those findings to examine alternative possibilities for the driving forces that spread Quechua and Aymara, offering a clearer cross-disciplinary view of Andean prehistory.Less
Linguistic studies have shown that the traditional idea that the expansion of the Inca Empire was the driving force behind the spread of all Quechua cannot be correct. Across much of its distribution, Quechua has far greater time-depth than can be accounted for by the short-lived Inca Empire. Linguistics likewise suggests that Aymara spread not from the south into Cuzco in the late Pre-Inca period, but also from an origin to the north. Alternative explanations must be sought for the expansion of these language families in the culture history of the Andes. Archaeological studies over the past two decades now provide a broad, generally agreed-upon outline of the cultural history of the Cuzco region. This chapter applies those findings to examine alternative possibilities for the driving forces that spread Quechua and Aymara, offering a clearer cross-disciplinary view of Andean prehistory.
Tamara L. Bray
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813033068
- eISBN:
- 9780813038575
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813033068.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter addresses the distribution of the aríbalos, a jar used to serve corn chicha, throughout the Inca Empire. While the form was standardized, variation in the size, design, and ...
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This chapter addresses the distribution of the aríbalos, a jar used to serve corn chicha, throughout the Inca Empire. While the form was standardized, variation in the size, design, and archaeological context of aríbalos speaks to the role of drinking in the Inca political economy. In particular, it concentrates on the functional, contextual, and iconographic significance of this vessel. In addition, a comparative study of the distribution of aríbalos from different sectors of Tawantinsuyu is given. In it, vessel size, frequencies, and contexts of finds are considered for the purpose of investigating how chicha figured in the imperial agenda through time and across space. The differential distribution of various sizes and styles of Inca aríbalos indicates that the state did not have a one-size-fits-all policy with regard to the circulation and presentation of chicha. Furthermore, valuable new insights are presented into the dimensional standardization of this vessel form.Less
This chapter addresses the distribution of the aríbalos, a jar used to serve corn chicha, throughout the Inca Empire. While the form was standardized, variation in the size, design, and archaeological context of aríbalos speaks to the role of drinking in the Inca political economy. In particular, it concentrates on the functional, contextual, and iconographic significance of this vessel. In addition, a comparative study of the distribution of aríbalos from different sectors of Tawantinsuyu is given. In it, vessel size, frequencies, and contexts of finds are considered for the purpose of investigating how chicha figured in the imperial agenda through time and across space. The differential distribution of various sizes and styles of Inca aríbalos indicates that the state did not have a one-size-fits-all policy with regard to the circulation and presentation of chicha. Furthermore, valuable new insights are presented into the dimensional standardization of this vessel form.
