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Informationen zum Autor Alan L. Kolata is Neukom Family Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Since 1978 he has led ongoing interdisciplinary research projects studying human-environment interactions in the Lake Titicaca basin of Bolivia, on the north coast of Peru and most recently in Cambodia. He has received multiple large-scale research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Inter-American Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, among others. His books include a major two-volume research monograph entitled Tiwanaku and Its Hinterland: Archaeology and Paleoecology of an Andean Civilization and Valley of the Spirits: A Journey into the Lost Realm of the Aymara. At the University of Chicago, he has served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Academic Director of the University of Chicago Center in Paris. His professional awards include the Manuel Vicente Ballivián Foundation Gold Medal for distinguished service to Bolivian science, presented in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Government of Bolivia; the Puma de Oro, the maximum distinction conferred by the Bolivian National Institute of Archaeology; and the Simon Bolivar Foundation Distinguished Service Award. Klappentext Offers a detailed account of Inca history, society and culture through the lens of archaeology, written documents and ethnographic accounts of native Andeans. Zusammenfassung This book provides a detailed account of the Inca Empire! describing its history! society! economy! religion and politics! but most importantly the way it was managed. It offers a sophisticated new interpretation of Inca power politics and especially the role of religion in shaping an imperial world of great ethnic! social and cultural diversity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Into the realm of the Four Quarters; 2. Imperial narratives: sources and origins; 3. The social order: kinship and class in the realm of the Four Quarters; 4. The economic order: land, labor, and the social relations of production; 5. The moral order: religion and spirituality among the Inca; 6. The political order: kingship, statecraft, and administration in the realm of the Four Quarters; 7. The destruction of the Inca....
