How the Incas built their heartland:state formation and the innovation of imperial strategies in the Sacred Valley, Peru

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Covey R. Alan 1974-
Published: University of Michigan Press,
Publisher Address: Ann Arbor
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: History, languages, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese worlds
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Carrier Form: xv, 333 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0472114786 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472114788 (cloth : alk. paper)
Index Number: K778
CLC: K778.2
Call Number: K778.2/C873
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-320) and index.
A new orientation for Inca studies -- State formation, imperial expansion, and the history of Inca research in the Cusco region -- Ecology and risk reduction in the Inca heartland -- Wari imperialism and local political competition in Cusco -- Setting the stage for Inca state formation (AD 1000-1200) -- The formation of the Inca state -- Elite interaction and local responses to Inca expansion -- State expansion, economic intensification, and local resistance -- The imperial extrapolation of Inca state expansion strategies -- The transformation of the Inca heartland.