Pre columbian Civilisation Flashcards
When and where were was the Moche civilisation?
Coastal Valleys of Northern Peru, AD 100
Where is the Moche Monument found by whom, explain further…
In Nepena Valley Proulx finds Monumental Moche ceremonial centre surrounded by non- moche residences - monument a means of mass conversion
Where are the massive Inca storage facilities found and what do they indicate?
Huanuco Pampa
How does Inca expansion affect the distribution of Maize
Goes from being a prestige crop to featuring in the diet of all
What name is given to the ranked parts Incas organise provincial societies into?
Saya
Give examples of Incas appropriating old infrastructure and building new infrastructure
Claim rights over traditional roads running straight through Wari centres of Pikillacta and Azangaro
Construct new roads such as through Chilean Atacama
What is the zeque system?
Architectural system of radiating lines in Cuzco, expressing ordered relationships between corporate groups and their place within the cosmos
Detail Inca resettlement patterns - why?
6-7000 families from each new province moved elsewhere, communities often moved downslope (easier to reach, harder to defend)
- disperse threats
- concentrate specialist labouro
- express divine mandate over Andes (12 neighbourhoods)
How long was Inca road system?
40,000km
Who argues that a defined set of ideological motivations is seen as the motivating force of imperial expansion?
Conrad and Demarest
What do Alcock and Morrisson claim about ideology?
It can ‘encompass the broad overlapping spheres of religious belief and ritual, of power negotiations and relations, of self definition and self representation, or human understanding of ‘world order’
What does Brumfiel argue
Aztec religion aimed at a small group of men who formed the core of the army
What were the major temples of Aztec and Incas?
Templo Mayor and Coricancha
How does the Templo Mayor indicate imperial control?
Contains Mezcala style sculptures from Guerrero
Marine fauna from both atlantic and pacific coasts
Osbidian from different regions found across capital
What evidence supports the idea that political elites profitted from Aztec rule?
Those in political centre of Yuapatec materially better off after Aztec conquest, those in neighbouring town of Cuexomate suffer greatly
