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WEEK 13 SOUTH AMERICAART 299
The Inca Empire (Inka)
No written language, so the spoken Quechua language has given way to many variant spellings.
Cuzco was the capital city in the center of the empire, Tawantinsuyu, Four Parts, Four Quarters
Empire lasted less than 100 years Conquistador Francisco Pizzaro arrived
at a time of civil war, Inca power already in decline
Key achievements
1. Political administration2. Accounting3. Engineering
1. Road system2. Agricultural terracing3. Stone construction
4. Textile production5. Gold (ransom of Atahualpa)
1 Political administration Resettlement Marriages Organization around industries and
professions
2 Accounting
QuipuLength of cord with knotted strings attached.
quipuDetail of a quipu showing the variety of knots, cord lengths and cord colors used to encode information
quipucamayosRecord-keepers in charge of making, maintaining and reading the data stored on the strings to others.
3 Engineering & Construction
the “12-angled stone” in Cuzco
Spanish cathedral built atop the foundations of theTemple of the Sun
Huacas-sacred locations with powers amplified through landscaping
Moray, Peru
Machu Picchu
terraces at Machu Picchu
characteristic trapezoidal doorways
4 Textile production
military tunic,cotton
Tunic,Dumbarton Oaks,Washington DC,c. 1500 cotton
5 Gold (or, the Ransom of Atahualpa) Room filled with gold and twice over
with silver. (Dimensions of the room vary in different chroniclers’ accounts.)
Arriving from every corner of the empire by the llama-load
Pizarro ordered it melted down so more could fit in the room. The golden façade of Corimancha (Temple of the Sun) was melted down.
Gold figurine,Peru
LOST ARTS, LOST CIVILIZATIONShttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Farming-Like-the-Incas.html#