Description
Book SynopsisBauer synthesizes extensive archaeological survey work with archival research into the Inca social groups of the Cusco region, their land holdings, and the positions of the shrines to offer a comprehensive, empirical description of the ceque system.
Trade ReviewA major contribution to Andean studies... Bauer not only provides a grand synthesis of what is known about the ceque system, but also provides new description, fieldwork, and interpretation. The book will have a wide audience." oClark L. Erickson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- The Shrines and Ceques of Cusco
- The Organization of Cusco and the Ceque System
- Studies of the Cusco Ceque System
- 2. The Original Ceque System Manuscript
- The Date of the Original Ceque System Manuscript
- Sixteenth-Century Writings on the Cusco Ceque System
- 3. Huacas
- The Huacas of the Cusco Ceque System
- Identifying Huacas: A Research Method
- 4. The Social Organization of Cusco and Its Ceque System
- Collana, Payan, Cayao
- Kings, Ayllus, and Ceques
- 5. The Huacas and Ceques of Chinchaysuyu
- 6. The Huacas and Ceques of Antisuyu
- 7. The Huacas and Ceques of Collasuyu
- 8. The Huacas and Ceques of Cuntisuyu
- 9. Albornoz and the Cusco Ceque System
- Albornoz and the Huacas of Chinchaysuyu
- 10. Systems of Huacas and Ceques: Past and Present
- Evidence of Other Inca Ceques
- Possible Evidence of Pre-Inca Ceques: The Nazca Lines
- Modern Ritual Lines in the Andes
- 11. An Overview of the Cusco Ceque System
- Appendix 1: Rowe’s (1980) and Zuidema’s (1964) Numbering Systems for the Cusco Ceque System
- Appendix 2: Account of the shrines of Cuzco (Bernabé Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo, ms. 1653, Book Thirteen, Chapters 13–16). English translation by John H. Rowe
- Appendix 3: Suggested Glosses of Huaca Names by Margot Beyersdorff
- Notes
- Glossary of Aymara, English, Spanish, and Quechua Terms
- Bibliography
- Archival Sources
- Printed Sources
- General Index
- Index of Huaca Names
- Index of Ceques
